Doreen
Doreen is a female given name.
Origin and meaning
Doreen is an English form of Dora , a name of Greek origin, combined with the suffix -een . The name is said to have been used for the first time in 1894 in the novel Doreen by the English writer and early feminist Ada Ellen Bayly (pseudonym: Edna Lyall). However, the name appears in the novel My Lords of Strogue: A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Hon. Lewis Wingfield , published in London in 1879 . Doreen was also the name of the main female character in the 1915 book The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by Australian journalist and writer CJ Dennis .
According to another interpretation, however, it is an English spelling of the Irish woman's name Doireann (pronunciation: [ˈdˠərʲiːn]. Due to the emphasis on the name on the first syllable, it is sometimes rendered in English as "Dorren".) Doireann / Doirend is one Daughter of King Midir , son of Dagda , from the Irish legend Tochmarc Étaíne .
name day
There is no official name day for Doreen, which is why Dorothea's name days are often used, i.e. 6.2. and the 25.6.
variants
- Dorena
- Dorina
- Doireann (Irish)
- Darina
See also: Variants of Dorothea
Name bearers
- Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), British composer
- Doreen Daume (1957–2013), German translator
- Doreen DeFeis , American soprano
- Doreen Denny British figure skater
- Doreen Dietel (* 1972), German actress
- Doreen Engel (* 1982), German volleyball player
- Doreen Häntzsch (* 1982), German saber fencer
- Doreen Jacobi (* 1974), German actress
- Doreen Lang (1915–1999), Australian-American actress
- Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon (* 1952), British civil rights activist, human rights activist and politician (Labor Party)
- Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen (* 1938), British politician (Labor Party)
- Doreen Massey (geographer) (1944-2016), British geographer
- Doreen Meier (* 1968), German soccer coach and player
- Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon (1933-2014), British politician (Conservative Party)
- Doreen Norton (1922-2007), British nurse
- Doreen Nabwire Omondi (* 1987), Kenyan soccer player
- Doreen Pollack (1921-2005), British-American speech therapist
- Doreen Seidel (* 1985), German model, playmate and racing driver
- Doreen Shaffer , Jamaican singer
- Doreen Steinert (* 1986), German singer
- Doreen Valiente (1922–1999), English occultist
proof
- ^ Hon. Lewis Wingfield: My Lords of Strogue: A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union , London, 1879, Vol. III, Chapter I, Sawdust in the Chancellor's Doll , p. 7.
- ↑ Names of Ireland - Doireann