Details for the forename Dorean

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Dorean (female)


Variants:	Doireann (F) Doreen (F)
Can be spelt:	Dorian (F)
Masculine form:	Dorian (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish, Anglicized form of the Gaelic Doireann, meaning "daughter of Finn". [See also Doreen.] The modern spelling, Dorian, is probably a result of this use as a previously unknown male name by Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray (serialised in 1890/1).