Given name & surname
Dores
“woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary”
Dores is a form of Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dores is a form of Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dores is a form of Dolores. An origin associated with Dolores is Spanish.
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
Dores through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 5 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 12 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 girls is 6 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020; 213 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.
Dores’s family of names
Dores shares a linguistic root with Dolores. Dores is a form of Dolores. In Portuguese usage, Dores shares an earlier linguistic root with Dolores.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dores
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Dores, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Delores
“woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary”
>99% girls
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>99% girls
Dorothea
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>99% girls
Dominga
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Dolly
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>99% girls