Given name & surname
Doren
“exile, wanderer”·“a stranger; one who has been exiled”
Doren is a variant of Doran. Interpretations include “exile, wanderer” (Irish) and “a stranger; one who has been exiled” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doren is a variant of Doran. Interpretations include “exile, wanderer” (Irish) and “a stranger; one who has been exiled” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Doren is a variant of Doran. An origin associated with Doran is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 373
- 337 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 493 as a first name in 2020; 657 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Doren’s family of names
Doren has a related form in Doran. In English usage, Doren as a surname was borrowed from the German form Dören.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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