Doreen (UK: /ˈdɔːriːn/ DOR-een, US: /dɔːˈriːn/ dor-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, which is related to the -ín suffix used in Irish, usually signifying small size or as an endearment.
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". It is thus related to many other feminine given names, including Dorian, Dorinda, Theodora and Isidora. Theodore is the masculine equivalent. Diminutive forms include Dee, Dodie, Dolly, Dory, Dot, Dottie, and Dotty.
The first known use of Doreen may have been in Edna Lyall's 1894 novel Doreen: The Story of a Singer.
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 Othero (ca. 1960), Kenyan, regional coordinator for population, health, and the environment research and policy development for the East African Community
- Doreen Canaday Spitzer (1914–2010), American archaeologist
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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