Dorin

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dorin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male given name comparable to Dorian.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 391K
  • MDMoldova1 in 603

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.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 people, est.

Sources
160 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 603 (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name comparable to Dorian

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dorin 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.

Where Dorin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania#143≈20,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Dorin113
MD Moldova#1525,5831 in 6035.6KDorin45
IT Italy—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 40K2Dorin49
US United States—8511 in 391K643Dorin160
FR France—≈510 est.≈1 in 134K101—1
IL Israel—≈300 est.≈1 in 29K—Dorin26
AT Austria—≈180 est.≈1 in 50K4——

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: e-services.md — living population register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dorin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Romania, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Dörin, Doerin, Dōrin

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Romania, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dorín, Doriñ

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Дорин, Дорін, Dorìn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorín

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Dorin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, forma reduzida de Dorini

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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)

1940196019802000Dorin Liviu Zaharia, b. 1944Dorin Florea, b. 1956Dorin Mateuț, b. 1965Dorin Alupei, b. 1973Dorin Recean, b. 1974Dorin Drăguțanu, b. 1974Dorin Chirtoacă, b. 1978Dorin Goian, b. 1980Dorin C. Zachei, b. 1981Dorin Rotariu, b. 1995

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 53 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Dorin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020535#43,505
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000517#39,946
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010441#47,966
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991101—

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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 Dorin mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name comparable to Dorian Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Dorin a male or female name?
Dorin 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 Dorin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Dorin in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorin.
Where is Dorin most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dorin is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 603 people — even though Romania holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dorin?
In Moldova, the national register counted 5,583 people named Dorin, about 1 in 603 residents.
How common is Dorin compared with other names?
In Romania, Dorin is the 143rd most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.

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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, “Dorin” — the 143rd most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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