Meaning & History
Possibly from the Old Irish prefix der "daughter" and finn "white, fair". Alternatively it may be derived from Irish doireann "sullen, tempestuous" [1]. This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a daughter of Bodb Derg who poisoned Fionn mac Cumhaill after he spurned her advances.
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- MacBain, Alexander. An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, entry doireann, available from http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/.
