Doreen is an English female name, a combination of Dora with the -een suffix. Dora is often used as a short name with names beginning or ending with it such as Theodora, Dorothea, etc. Dora comes from Ancient Greek doron meaning “gift” derived from a PIE word. Doreen could also be the anglicized form of Irish Dáireann which I’ve seen listed as either meaning “sullen, tempestuous” or “fertile”; if it’s the latter than that makes it a variant of Dáire (also anglicized as Dara). Dáireann is a figure in Irish mythology.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Dorine (English)
- Dorean (English)
- Dora (English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch)
- Dorinda (English)
- Doretta (English, Italian)
- Dorita (Spanish, English)
- Dory (English)
- Dorie (English)
- Dori (English)
- Doria (English)
- Dorina (Hungarian, Romanian)
- Dóra (Hungarian, Icelandic)
- Dáireann (Irish)
- Doireann (Irish)
- Doirend (Irish)
