Dorian
Dorian is a male (and rarely female) given name that goes back to Doros , the mythological progenitor of the Indo-European tribe of the Dorians ( English Dorians ). Other forms of the name are Doriane (female, French), Dorien (mainly English), Dorianne or Dorsi (both female) or Doriano (Italian).
The first name achieved greater fame after its use by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray , in which it is worn by the main character, Dorian Gray. The name is most widespread in English-speaking regions, where it rarely occurs as a female first name.
etymology
Dorian (from Greek Δώρος Dóros , German: gift) means in a figurative sense "gift of the sea" or "child of the sea". It is the same origin in Greek as the names Doris or Dorothea (gift of God). It must be distinguished from random (non-Greek) matches and similar sounding names. These include Dory, (French, "golden hair", from French dorade or Latin deaurare , cf. German: "dorieren", outdated for: gilding) or Dora / Doran / Doron (from "Wanderer", "exile").
Name bearer
First name
- Dorian Brunz (* 1993), German actor
- Dorian Electra (* 1992), American gender-fluid musician
- Catalin Dorian Florescu (* 1967), Swiss writer
- Dorian Gregory (* 1971), American actor
- Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963), Australian composer
- Dorian Rogozenco (* 1973), Moldovan chess player, journalist and trainer
- Dorian Yates (born 1962), British bodybuilder
- Doriane Vidal (* 1976), French snowboarder
family name
- Ada Dorian (* 1981), German writer
- Armen Dorian (1892–1915), Armenian poet
- Charles Dorian (1891–1942), American actor and assistant director
Fictional characters
- Dorian Gray , fictional character by Oscar Wilde
- " Crown Prince" Dorian Havilliard , main character from the series of novels Throne of Glass
- Dorian Hunter , main character in the series Demon Killer
- Dorian , fictional character in Will Self
- John Michael Dorian , series character in " Scrubs "
- Dorian Falkenmond , fictional character by Michael Moorcock
Others
- Dorian Bay , Bay of Wiencke Island in Antarctica
- Hurricane Dorian , a tropical cyclone of 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Doriane. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Penguin Adult Publishing (ed.): The Penguin Book of Names for Australian Babies. Penguin UK, 2005. ISBN 0857968513 , ISBN 9780857968517 (online at Google Books)
- ↑ Boris Paraschkewow: Words and names of the same origin and structure: Lexicon of etymological duplicates in German. Walter de Gruyter, new edition 2004. ISBN 3110174707 , ISBN 9783110174700 (p. 73 online at Google Books)