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)