Meaning of the nameDoriane

Female
French origin
Do-ri-a-ne

Doriane is a female name that Behind the Name lists as the French feminine form of Dorian, a name with no meaning given in the source.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,294 people named Doriane, the 6,959th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 39, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Doriane is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,294
Rank in Brazil: #6,959
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 1,373; people

Doriane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Doriane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (437 people).

1,284 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Doriane is most common

States with the highest share of people named Doriane in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Pará 0.003%
Maranhão 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pará	226	0.003%
Maranhão	192	0.003%
Amazonas	97	0.003%
Bahia	74	0.001%
São Paulo	72	0.000%
Rio Grande do Sul	66	0.001%
Amapá	65	0.009%
Santa Catarina	59	0.001%
Minas Gerais	53	0.000%
Paraná	50	0.000%
Goiás	46	0.001%
Ceará	34	0.000%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Mato Grosso	27	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	26	0.001%
Pernambuco	24	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	23	0.001%
Rondônia	21	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	18	0.000%
Distrito Federal	18	0.001%
Tocantins	16	0.001%
Alagoas	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Doriane

Behind the Name describes Doriane as the French feminine form of Dorian, and gives Dorieus as the root. Dorian was first used in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), by Oscar Wilde, who may have taken it from the name of the Dorians, a people of ancient Greece; the source gives no meaning for the name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,294 people named Doriane, with a median age of 39. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

Behind the Name: Doriane · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Dorian · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Doriane

What does the name Doriane mean?

The meaning of Doriane is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Doriane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,294 people with the first name Doriane, which ranks it number 6,959 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Doriane a boy's or a girl's name?

Doriane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,284 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Doriane?

Doriane is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Doriane most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Doriane (226 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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