The baby name Dorinde is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doh-RIN-deh (IPA: /dɔˈrɪndə/).
The baby name Dorinde is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doh-RIN-deh (IPA: /dɔˈrɪndə/).
Dorinde is Greek, Italian in Origin.
Dorinde is a rare feminine given name with French and Dutch currency, shaped by literary taste. Its core element traces to Greek doron, “gift,” aligning it with Dorothea/Theodora, “gift of God.” The -inde ending echoes the elegant pastoral coinages of early modern French (compare Clorinde/Florinde), making Dorinde a polished sister to Dorinda and Dorine while preserving the same “gift” semantics.
The name surfaces in 17th‑century French pastoral and heroic romances and then shadows the stage through Baroque opera and Restoration drama via the closely related Dorinda. As a given name, Dorinde gained modest, intermittent use in the Low Countries and parts of German‑speaking Europe from the 19th century onward and remains uncommon. Variants and relatives include Dorinda (English/Italian/Spanish), Dorine (French), Dorina (Central/Eastern Europe), Doreen and Dora (English), Dorothée/Dorothea; short forms include Dori, Doro, and Rinda. Meaning: “gift; gift of God.”
Dorinde is far from common. We count 25 recorded uses of it across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | Girls | 0 | #932 | 24 | 5,933 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
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