Doru as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Doru

What is the meaning of the name Doru ?

The baby name Doru is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdo.ru/ (DO-ru).

Doru is Romanian in Origin.

Doru is a Romanian masculine given name built on the evocative noun dor, a culturally central word meaning 'longing', 'yearning', or homesickness. As a hypocoristic, it also functions as a familiar short form of Dorin, Dorel, and especially Teodor/Theodor (from Greek Theodoros 'gift of God'), so the name can evoke both the sentiment of dor and the theophoric sense 'gift of God' through its longer relatives.

Usage is concentrated in Romania and Moldova, where Doru rose to modest popularity in the 20th century and remains familiar through literature and folk music that celebrate the idea of dor. Common variants and related forms include Dorin (m), Dorel (m), Dorina and Dora (f); Tudor and Teodor sit in the same etymological family via Greek doron 'gift'. Nicknames sometimes overlap - Dori and Doru may be used interchangeably - while spelling is stable in modern Romanian.