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DORIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: DOR-ee-ən (English)   [key]

The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young. Wilde probably took it from the name of the ancient Greek tribe the Dorians.
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