Dorus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: mythical ancestor of the Dorians
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dɔrʉs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dorus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 15K(measured from records)
- BRBrazil≈1 in 106M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 10 (measured from records)
- 1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
1,173 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
mythical ancestor of the Dorians
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dorus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 1,173 | 1 in 15K | 1.1K | Dorus | 6 |
| BR Brazil | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 106M | — | Dorus | 8 |
| US United States | — | — | 8 | Dorus | 10 |
| AR Argentina | — | — | — | Dorus | 3 |
| FR France | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
1,173 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dorus is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, obsolete spelling of doras
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tet, to slide
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mga, door
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dorus Rijkersb. 1847NLDutch lifeboat captain (1847–1928)
- Dorus Reuben Hatchb. 1858born 1858; died 1933
- Dorus Hermsenb. 1871NLDutch painter (1871-1931)
- Dorus Nijlandb. 1880NLDutch cyclist (1880-1968)
- Dorus Artsb. 1901NLDutch painter (1901-1961)
- Dorus van der Lindenb. 1942NLDutch scenographer (1942-2020)
- Dorus Vredeb. 1949SRSurinamese poet (1949–2020)
- Dorus de Vriesb. 1980NLDutch association football player
- Dorus Witteb. 1996NLDutch actress
- Dorus EltenNLDutch boxer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 1.1K | #973 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 567 | #2,953 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 29 | #11,742 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 11 | #27,267 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 5 | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dorus mean, and where does it come from?
- mythical ancestor of the Dorians Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- What are other forms of the name Dorus?
- In the etymology graph, DoraS is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Dorus?
- A machine transcription gives /dɔrʉs/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Dorus a male or female name?
- Dorus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Dorus have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Dorus, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorus.
- Where is Dorus most common?
- Dorus is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Dorus?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,173 people named Dorus, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Dorus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dorusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dorus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.