Dorinda
Meaning
coined in 17th-century English pastoral literature (Dryden, Waller), blending Greek doron, gift, with the fashionable suffix -inda
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dorinda has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
120 people · the #36,254 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 74
Among people named Dorinda living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Dorinda
Most people given the name Dorinda in the United States were born between 1950 and 1979. The Dorinda you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Dorinda deep dive
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