Dorindah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dorindah

What is the meaning of the name Dorindah ?

The baby name Dorindah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doh-RIN-dah (IPA: /doʊˈrɪndə/).

Dorindah is Greek in Origin.

Dorindah is a modern ornamental spelling of Dorinda, a feminine name shaped in the English literary tradition. Dorinda itself likely fuses Dora, short for Greek-rooted Theodora or Isidora, from Greek doron "gift", with the fashionable -inda ending seen in Lucinda and Belinda. As such, the name carries the sense of "gift," and by association "gift of God."

Dorinda entered currency through Restoration and Baroque works: Dryden and Davenant added a heroine named Dorinda to their Tempest adaptation The Enchanted Island (1667), and Handel's opera Orlando (1733) features the pastoral character Dorinda. Usage remained rare but persistent in the English-speaking world from the 18th century onward. The -h form Dorindah appears in modern records, especially in parts of Africa and the Caribbean, without altering pronunciation. Variants and related forms include Dorinda, Dorina, Dora, Doreen, Theodora, Isidora; nicknames include Dori, Rinda, and Dinda.

⚙ Dorindah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Dorindah appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.