Doris
Colors Related to this Name: Green, Cream
Qualities Related to this Name: Diplomatic, Sensitive
Popularity: This is a popular name in the US. Ranking #2281 in 2013 and #1706 in 2014.
Meaning
In English
Meaning(s):
-(astronomy) Short for (w 48 Doris), a main belt asteroid.
-(British slang) One's girl friend, wife or significant other.
-(Cockney rhyming slang) gay
-(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus and mother of fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
-( female name -comes from the Ancient Greek language-), taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
In German
Meaning(s):
-( female name) borrowed from English usage, popular in the mid-twentieth century.
In Swedish
Meaning(s):
-( female name) borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s.
In Danish
Meaning(s):
-( female name) borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s.
In Translingual
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Meaning(s):
-(taxon genus family Dorididae sea slugs, specifically, dorid nudibranchs)