Dorian (name)
Dorian /ˈdɔəriən/ is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek the meaning of the name Dorian is: Of Doris, a district of Greece; or of Doros, a legendary Greek hero. Doros was the son of Hellen of Sparta (who was the daughter of Zeus and Leda). Doros was the founder of the Dorian tribe, and the most likely origin of Doros' name was the Greek word "doron", meaning "gift". The Dorians were an obscure, ancient Hellenic tribe that were supposed to have existed in the north-eastern regions of Greece, ancient Macedonia and Epirus.
Another possible origin of the name Dorian, is from the Greek "Dorios", meaning 'child of the sea' .[1]
Dorian may refer to:
People
- Dorian Anneck (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Dorian Bevec (born 1957), German molecular biologist
- Dorian Crozier (born 1972), American musician
- Dorian Gregory (born 1971), American actor
- Dorian Haarhoff (born 1944), Namibian writer
- Dorian Harewood (born 1950), American actor
- Dorian Healy (born 1962), British actor
- Dorian Holley (born 1956), American musician
- Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963), Australian composer
- Dorian Leigh (1917–2008), American model
- Dorian Marin (born 1960), Romanian football coach
- Dorian Missick (born 1976), American actor
- Dorian Paskowitz (1921–2014), American surfer
- Dorian Rudnytsky (born 1944), American cellist
- Dorian Scott (born 1982), Jamaican shot putter
- Dorian Shainin (1914–2000), American management consultant
- Dorian West (born 1967), British rugby player and coach
- Dorian Williams (1914–1985), British equestrian and broadcaster
- Dorian Wood (born in 1975), American musician
- Dorian Yates (born in 1962), British bodybuilder and 6 time Mr. Olympia.
Fiction
- Dorian Gray, fictional character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Dorian Hawkmoon, fictional character in the Eternal Champion books by Michael Moorcock
- Dorian Lord, fictional character on the American television series One Life to Live
- Dorian Ursuul, fictional character in the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
- Dorian Pavus, fictional character in video game Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Dorian Havilliard, fictional character from the "Throne of Glass" series by Sarah J Maas.
Notes
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