Doreen (/ˈdɔɹ.in/, DAWR-een), also occasionally spelt Dorean or Dorine, is a feminine given name, usually found in English-speaking countries. It is a combination of Dora with the suffix -een,[1] which is related to the -ín suffix used in Irish, usually signifying small size or as an endearment.[2][3]
Dora is a variant of Dorothy / Dorothea, which derives from the Late Greek name Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of god" (from δῶρον/doron meaning "gift" and θεός/theos meaning "god".[4] It is thus related to many other feminine given names names, including Dorian, Dorinda,[1] Theodora and Isidora. Theodore is the masculine equivalent.[4] Diminutive forms include Dee, Dodie, Dolly, Dory, Dot, Dottie, and Dotty.[1]
The first known use of Doreen may have been in Edna Lyall's 1894 novel Doreen: The Story of a Singer.[1][5]
Doreen may refer to the following people:
In arts, entertainment, and media
- Doreen Blumhardt (1914–2009), New Zealand potter, ceramicist and arts educator
- Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), British composer
- Doreen Chanter, British singer
- Doreen Cronin (born 1966), American children's author
- Doreen Garner (born 1986), American sculptor and performance artist
- Doreen Gentzler (born 1957), American TV news anchor
- Doreen Hawkins (1919–2013), British actress
- Doreen Hume (1926–2022), Canadian soprano soloist
- Doreen Ketchens (born 1966), American jazz clarinetist
- Doreen Mantle (1926–2023), South African-born English actress
- Doreen Sloane (1934–1990), English television actress
- Doreen Taylor, American contemporary singer-songwriter and actress
- Doreen Tracey (1943–2018), performer on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show
- Doreen Valiente (1922–1999), English Wiccan author and poet
- Doreen Virtue (born 1958), American New Age author
In government and politics
- Doreen Chen, Jamaican politician
- Doreen Dodick (born 1932), Canadian politician
- Doreen Eagles, Canadian politician
- Doreen Hamilton (1951–2022), Canadian politician
- Doreen Wonda Johnson, American politician who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne (1896–1979), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, socialite and victim of the Provisional IRA
- Doreen Lawrence (born 1952), British politician
- Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen (born 1938), Labour member of the British House of Lords
- Doreen Sioka (born 1960), Namibian politician
- Doreen Wicks (1935–2004), Canadian nurse, humanitarian and Citizenship Judge
- Doreen Young Wickremasinghe (1907–2000), British leftist, Communist politician and Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka
In sport
- Doreen Amata (born 1988), Nigerian athlete
- Doreen Wilber (1930–2008), American archer
- Doreen Nabwire (born 1987), Kenyan former footballer
In other fields
- Doreen Kartinyeri (1935–2007), Australian historian
- Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist and educator
- Doreen Massey (geographer) (1944–2016), British social scientist and geographer
- Doreen Warriner (1904–1972), British economist who saved Czech refugees in World War II
- Doreen Wicks (1935–1904), Canadian nurse, humanitarian and Citizenship Judge
Fictional characters
- Doreen, in Edna Lyall's 1894 novel Doreen: The Story of a Singer
- Doreen, the female protagonist in The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) and its sequels, by C.J. Dennis
- Doreen, the sister of Masa and Mune in the video game series Chrono Trigger
- Doreen Anderson, prisoner on the Australian drama series Wentworth
- Doreen Corkhill, in the British soap opera Brookside
- Doreen Fenwick, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Doreen Green, known as Squirrel Girl, in comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Doreen Lostock, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Doreen, an elderly dog in the TV animated series Bluey
References
- 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Mike (16 November 2019). "Meaning, origin and history of the name Doreen". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "The Irish diminutive suffix -een". Sentence first. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Old Irish first names and nicknames". Ireland Reaching Out. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- 1 2 Campbell, Mike (25 April 2021). "Meaning, origin and history of the name Dora". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ Lyall, Edna (14 January 2009). "Doreen. The Story of a Singer, by Edna Lyall". Retrieved 6 February 2023 – via Project Gutenberg Canada.
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