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Around the globe, دوراند (Durand , دوراند) is a common boy's given name. The first name دوراند is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common male name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and France, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and the United States. More prevalently, دوراند is the last name as well as the forename.
دوراند is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Durand , the operatic character in the opera La bohème by Ruggero Leoncavallo and Durand , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Un cargo pour l'Afrique », A Cargo to Africa.