Given name
Dorsie
“from the fortress near the sea”·“a dark beauty”
Dorsie is a variant of Dorsey. One interpretation is “from the fortress near the sea.” Dorsie is a variant of Darcie. One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorsie is a variant of Dorsey. One interpretation is “from the fortress near the sea.” Dorsie is a variant of Darcie. One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorsie is a variant of Darcie. An origin associated with Darcie is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorsie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 645
- 254 boys · 391 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 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.
Dorsie’s family of names
Dorsie has a related form in Darcie. Dorsie has a related form in Dorsey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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