Given name
Dorma
“one who is sleeping”
Dorma is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sleeping.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is sleeping.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 690
- 0 boys · 690 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 26 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 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 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.
Dorma’s family of names
Dorma has a related form in Dormah. Dorma has a related form in Dorrma. Dorma has a related form in Dorrmah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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