AdorefEnglish Late Middle English via Old French from Latin adorare ‘to worship’, from ad- ‘to’ + orare ‘speak, pray’.
AdoréefVarious Means "adored" in French. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself. Bearer Adorée Villany (born 1891) was a French dancer and dance theorist.
AdoreilmAssyrian i dont know the history but it was given to me and i cant find it anywhere
AdoryafEnglish (African) Derived from the greek "doron", meaning "gift", so the meaning is "gifts giver".
AdranodorosmAncient Greek Means "gift of Adranos" in Greek, derived from the name of the Sicel fire god Adranos combined with the Greek noun δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".... [more]
AglaodorosmAncient Greek Derived from the Greek adjective ἀγλαόδωρος (aglaodoros) meaning "bestowing splendid gifts", which consists of the Greek adjective ἀγλαός (aglaos) meaning "splendid, shining, bright" (see Aglaos) combined with the Greek noun δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".... [more]
AldorniafAmerican (South, Rare, Archaic) Perhaps derived from the Old English aldor, a form of ealdor meaning "elder, parent, head of family, chief, lord; author, source; age, old age" with the name suffix -nia to feminize the name.... [more]
AlidormFrench (Rare) An old and obscure French given name of unknown meaning, which may possibly ultimately be of Occitan origin (compare Aliénor) or even Basque origin. It seems that it was mostly used in the 19th century, not just in France but also in (the French-speaking part of) Belgium and the Canadian province Quebec... [more]
AndorásmHungarian Mythology Older form of András. According to tradition, Andorás is a descendant of one of the leaders of the conquering Hungarians, the founder of the Andrássy family in Csíkszentkirály and Krasznahorka.
AnesidorafGreek Mythology Means "giver of gifts" (or "she who sends forth gifts", "sender-up of gifts") or "spender of gifts" in Greek. This was an epithet (and epiklesis) of the Greek goddesses Demeter, who had a temple under this name at Phlius in Attica, and Gaia; it was also applied to Pandora.
AnidorifLiterature From Shannon Hale's novel, The Goose Girl, a retelling of the Grimms' fairytale. The princess Anidori Kiladra Talianna Isilee's lady-in-waiting leads a mutiny during the princess's journey to be married in a foreign land... [more]
AthenodorafAncient Greek Feminine form of Athenodoros. This was used by American author Stephenie Meyer for a character in her novel Breaking Dawn (2008) of the Twilight series.
AuxiliadorafSpanish, Portuguese (Brazilian) Means "aider, first-aider" in Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin auxiliator (compare the related name Auxilius). It is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María Auxiliadora meaning "Mary, the Helper", and from the Portuguese title Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora meaning "Our Lady, Help (of Christians)", both referring to the protection and help that the Virgin Mary offers to Christians... [more]
AvigdormHebrew, Judeo-Provençal In the Bible, the name Avigdor was one of the 6 names of Moses mention in Midrash. In modern times, this name is used as a Hebrew form of Victor.
BendidorafAncient Greek Means "gift of Bendis", derived from the name of the Thracian goddess Bendis (genitive Βενδῖδος) combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
BendormEnglish (Rare) In the case of Dr Bendor Grosvenor, art historian, the name Bendor is derived from the Grosvenor family's medieval heraldic shield, a bend or, a golden bend (diagonal stripe), which they used until 1389 when it was claimed instead by the Scrope family, in the case Scrope v Grosvenor... [more]
BuyantögöldörmMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and төгөлдөр (tögöldör) meaning "complete, perfect".
ByambadorjmMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
CadormArthurian Cycle, Cornish Probably a form of Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.... [more]
CaeldorifPopular Culture Most likely intended as an anagram of Cordelia. This name was first used as the name of a character in Fire Emblem: Fates. She resembles Cordelia, a character from the previous game, Fire Emblem: Awakening.
CalidoremLiterature Perhaps derived from Greek kallos "beauty" and doron "gift". It was used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1596), where Sir Calidore, the Knight of Courtesy, is the hero of Book VI who tames the Blatant Beast as requested by Queen Gloriana.
CalidorusmTheatre, Ancient Roman Calidorus is a character in 'Pseudolus', a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.
ChedorlaomermBiblical Means "a handful of sheaves." He is a king of Elam in the book of Genesis.
ChidorifJapanese Directly taken from Japanese 千鳥 (chidori) meaning "plover", a type of wading bird. The individual kanji mean 千 (chi) "a thousand" and 鳥 (dori) "bird". This name has been heavily used for female characters in manga and anime.
ChlodoricmGermanic, History Derived from Old High German hlûd "famous" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." Chlodoric lived in the 6th century AD and was the son of Sigobert the Lame, a Frankish king of Cologne.
Chuluundorzhm & fMongolian From Mongolian чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra", which derives from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje) (see Dorji).
ClytodorafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek κλυτος (klytos) meaning "famous, noble" and δωρον (doron) meaning "gift". It is the name of two characters in Greek mythology.
CommodoremEnglish (Rare) From the military rank of commodore, derived from French commandeur.
CondoritomPopular Culture Means "little condor" in Spanish. This is the title character of the Chilean comic strip Condorito (first published 1949).
CrudormArthurian Cycle Crudor is the knight who requires a mantle of knights' and ladies' hair from his lady Briana before he is willing to marry her in Book 6, Canto 1 of "The Faerie Queene". He is reformed by Calidore.
DanadormArthurian Cycle A vassal of Emperor Filimenis of Constantinople, father of Sir Floriant.
Dildorm & fTajik (Rare), Uzbek Tajik and Uzbek form of Dildar. This name is strictly masculine in Tajikistan, but unisex in Uzbekistan. It is used much more often on females than on males there, however.
DorabellafTheatre, American (South, Rare, Archaic) Dorabella is a character in Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers; 1790 ), an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
DoradomAstronomy From Spanish dorar "to gild, to cover in gold". Dorado is one of the constellations created by Dutch explorers in the 16th century. It represents the dolphinfish.
DoraemonmPopular Culture From Japanese どら猫 (dora neko) meaning "stray cat" and 衛門 (emon), an old-fashioned suffix for male names. In the homonymous manga and anime, Doraemon is an earless robotic cat who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi.
DoraldinafAmerican (?) This was the invented stage name of actress and dancer Dora Saunders (1888–1936), though she basically adapted this name for her everyday life.
DoraurafItalian, Literature Possibly a contraction of names Dora and Aura. It appears in tragicomedy "L'Armelindo" (1664) by Francesco Maria de Luco Sereni and in a novel "Il Floridoro ò vero Historia del conte di Racalmuto" (1703) by Gabriele Martiano.
DorcasinafLiterature, English (American, Rare, Archaic) Elaboration of Dorcas used by American author Tabitha Gilman Tenney for the title character in her novel 'Female Quixotism, Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon' (1801).
Dorchaf & mIrish Means "dark", from Irish and Scottish Gaelic (dorcha) meaning “dark, dusky, enigmatic”, from Old Irish (dorchae) "dark, gloomy, obscure". Compare to Feardorcha.
DordifNorwegian, Swedish (Rare) Diminutive of Dorede, which was a variant of Dorete, the Old Swedish form of Dorothea. It has been used in Sweden since at least the 16th century.
DorichafAncient Greek Derived from the name Δωρίς (Doris) and a diminutive suffix, effectively meaning "little Dorian woman". This is possibly the real name of the hetaera Rhodopis.
Dorielm & fHebrew, Literature 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"... [more]
DorietfDutch (Rare) Dutchification of Dorita and perhaps also of Dorit 2. There are likely also cases where this name is a combination of the names Dora and Riet.
DoriettefMaltese Diminutive of Doria by way of combining it with the French diminutive ending -ette.
DorigenfLiterature Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. This is the name of the faithful wife in 'The Franklin's Tale', one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
DorilasmArthurian Cycle A Knight of the Round Table and the nephew of King Nentres of Garlot. He fought with his uncle against the Saxons at the battles of Broceliande and Clarence.