Dores

Girl · Latin, through Portuguese

Dores

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Meaning

Portuguese 'sorrows', short for Maria das Dores, the Virgin of Sorrows.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in Portugal in the 19th and 20th centuries and rare for babies today.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

23 babies given this name since 1920
At its height in 1921, about 1 in 176,200 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Spanish	Dolores

Names worth a look

GraçaGirlPortuguese 'grace', from Nossa Senhora da Graça, often given as Maria da Graça.Victorian · forgotten

ConceiçãoGirlPortuguese 'conception', from Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the Immaculate Conception, patroness of Portugal.Victorian · forgotten

FlorentinaGirlFrom Latin Florentinus, from florens 'flourishing, blooming'.Early Medieval · peak 1905 · forgotten

EulaliaGirlGreek eulalos, 'sweetly speaking, well-spoken'.Rome · peak 1893

FilomenaGirlFrom Greek Philoumene 'beloved', from philein 'to love'.Victorian · peak 1907 · forgotten

InèsGirlSpanish form of Agnes, from Greek hagnē 'pure, holy'.Middle Ages · peak 1911

DorisGirlGreek, 'Dorian woman', from the Dorian people.Greece · peak 1929

TeresaGirlOf uncertain origin; it first appears in Spain and Portugal, and proposed links to Greek therizein 'to harvest' are…Middle Ages · peak 1962

Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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