Given name
Dorinda
“a gift of God”
Dorinda is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorinda is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorinda is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,801
- 0 boys · 4,801 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 202 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 8 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 202 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,069 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dorinda’s family of names
Dorinda has a related form in Dorothy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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