Girl

Dory

DOR-ee

Rare & Uncommon ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“Short form of Dorothy or Doris, or modern variant inspired by the Disney character. A playful, accessible name with unexpected depth through its literary connections.”

Popularity Over Time

Dory US popularity rank over timeRank 16947 in 2008 to rank 2065 in 1964. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#2065#9506#1694719461960198020002024

Dory is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Greek

Syllables

2

Style

PlayfulModernLiteraryMinimal

Famous Bearers

  • Dory (Finding Nemo)
  • Dory Sanders (Divine Secrets of Ya-Ya Sisterhood)

Collections

Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Two Syllables →

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Dorothy

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

Doris

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Daisy

Old English Top 100

Daisy

Old English Top 100

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Nemo

Latin Rare & Uncommon

Lucy

Latin Top 50

Ruby

Latin Top 100

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People Also Ask

Short form of Dorothy or Doris, or modern variant inspired by the Disney character. A playful, accessible name with unexpected depth through its literary connections.

Dory is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Dory works beautifully as a full name and does not lend itself to an obvious short form. Most parents see that as a feature.

Names that pair beautifully with Dory include Nemo, Lucy, Ruby.