Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Hebrew, Literature
Scripts דוריאל(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsDorielle, Doriella
Meaning & History
Possibly means "God's generation" in Hebrew, in which case it would be derived from Hebrew dor "generation" (see also Dor) combined with Hebrew el "God". This is the name of a character in Elie Wiesel's novel "A Mad Desire to Dance".