Dore as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dore

What is the meaning of the name Dore ?

The baby name Dore is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /dɔːr/ ("door"); French Doré: /dɔˈre/ (doe-RAY).

Dore is English, French, Greek, Hebrew in Origin.

Dore carries several intertwined origins. As an English and French surname turned given name, it comes from Old French doré, “gilded, golden,” ultimately from Latin aurum; it likely began as a nickname for someone with fair hair or a prosperous sheen. In Central and Northern Europe, Dore also functions as a short form of Dorothea (Greek Dorothea, “gift of God”), and in English and American use it has served as a clipped form of Theodore or Isidore/Isadore (Greek Theodoros “gift of God”; Isidoros “gift of Isis”). Usage is unisex.

Found in medieval records as a surname in England after the Norman Conquest, Dore later appears as a given name in the 19th–20th centuries, notably in German and Jewish-American circles (e.g., MGM executive Dore Schary). Variants and related forms include Doré/Dorée, Doree, Dory, Dorrie, Dori, Dora, Dörte, Dorothea, Dorothy, Theodore, and Isidore. Meanings range from “golden” to “gift (of God/Isis).”