Doreen (given name)
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,[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, 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
[edit]- Doreen Andoh, Ghanaian media personality
- Doreen Avio (born 1985), Ghanaian journalist
- Doreen Baingana, Ugandan short story writer and editor
- Doreen Blumhardt (1914–2009), New Zealand potter, ceramicist and arts educator
- Doreen Brownstone (1922–2022), Canadian actress
- Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), British composer
- Doreen Chadwick (1918–2014), British pianist and theatre organist
- Doreen Chanter, British singer
- Doreen Cronin (born 1966), American children's author
- Doreen Davies (1928–2020), British radio producer
- Doreen Fernandez (1934–2002), Filipino writer
- Doreen Garner (born 1986), American sculptor and performance artist
- Doreen Gentzler (born 1957), American TV news anchor
- Doreen Gildroy, American poet
- Doreen Hawkins (1919–2013), British actress
- Doreen Hume (1926–2022), Canadian soprano soloist
- Doreen Jacobi (born 1974), German actress and former model
- Doreen Jensen (1933–2009), Canadian artist
- Doreen Jones, Welsh casting director
- Doreen Keogh (1924–2017), Irish actress
- Doreen Ketchens (born 1966), American jazz clarinetist
- Doreen Lang (1915–1999), New Zealand-born American actress
- Doreen Lindsay, Canadian photographer
- Doreen Lorenzo (born 1957), American writer
- Doreen Mantle (1926–2023), South African-born English actress
- Doreen McKay (1914–1986), American actress
- Doreen Micallef (1949–2001), Maltese poet and playwright
- Doreen Mirembe (born 1987), Ugandan actress
- Doreen Montalvo (1963–2020), American actress
- Doreen Montgomery (1913–1992), British screenwriter
- Doreen St. Félix (born 1992), Haitian-American writer
- Doreen Shaffer, Jamaican singer
- Doreen Sloane (1934–1990), English television actress
- Doreen Taylor, American contemporary singer-songwriter and actress
- Doreen Tovey (1918–2008), English writer
- 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
- Doreen Waddell (1965–2002), British singer
- Doreen Warburton (1930–2017), Australian theatre director and actress
- Doreen Wells (born 1937), English ballet dancer
In government and politics
[edit]- Doreen Allen (1879–1963), English militant suffragette
- Doreen Amule (born 1982), Ugandan politician
- Doreen Assaad, Canadian politician
- Doreen Braitling (1904–1979), pastoralist and heritage advocate of Central Australia
- Doreen Carter (born 1963), American politician from Georgia
- Doreen Chen (born 1949), Jamaican politician
- Doreen Chung (1932–2009), Guyanese politician
- Doreen Costa, American politician
- Doreen Dodick (born 1932), Canadian politician
- Doreen Eagles, Canadian politician
- Doreen Gallegos, American politician
- Doreen Gorsky (1912–2001), British Liberal Party politician, feminist and television producer and executive
- Doreen Hamilton (1951–2022), Canadian politician
- Doreen Hope, Marchioness of Linlithgow (1886–1965), British aristocrat and Vicereine of India
- Doreen Howard, American 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 (1938–2024), Labour member of the British House of Lords
- Doreen Nxumalo (born 1949), South African politician
- Doreen Nyanjura (born 1989), Ugandan politician
- Doreen Patterson Reitsma (1927–2000), Canadian female navy veteran
- Doreen Sioka (born 1960), Namibian politician
- Doreen Spence, Canadian indigenous rights activist
- Doreen Steidle (born 1950 or 1951), Canadian diplomat
- 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
[edit]- Doreen Amata (born 1988), Nigerian athlete
- Doreen Awuah (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
- Doreen Brennan, Irish camogie player
- Doreen Chemutai (born 1996), Ugandan long-distance runner
- Doreen Chesang (born 1990), Ugandan long-distance runner
- Doreen Cooper (1907–2003), English swimmer
- Doreen Denny (born 1941), British ice dancer
- Doreen Dredge (born 1931), Canadian athlete
- Doreen Elliott (1908–1966), British skier
- Doreen Evans (1916–1982), British racing driver
- Doreen Hankin, British lawn bowler
- Doreen Lumley (1921–1939), New Zealand sprinter
- Doreen McCannell-Botterill (born 1947), Canadian speed skater
- Doreen Meier (born 1968), German footballer and manager
- Doreen Nabwire (born 1987), Kenyan former footballer
- Doreen Nziwa (born 1982), Kenyan rugby player
- Doreen O'Connor (born 1950), Fijian lawn bowler
- Doreen Porter (born 1941), New Zealand sprinter
- Doreen Ryan (born 1931), Canadian speed skater
- Doreen Seidel (born 1985), German race car driver and model
- Doreen Vennekamp (born 1995), German sport shooter
- Doreen Wilber (1930–2008), American archer
In other fields
[edit]- Doreen Akkerman, Australian cancer support worker
- Doreen Alhadeff, American real estate agent
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
- Doreen Cantrell, British immunologist
- Doreen Colondres, Puerto Rican chef and author
- Doreen Corcoran (1934–2013), Northern Irish historian
- Doreen Giuliano, mother of American convicted murderer John Cuica
- Doreen Granpeesheh, American psychologist
- Doreen Kabareebe (born 1990), Ugandan fashion model, socialite, branding coach and social media influencer
- Doreen Kartinyeri (1935–2007), Australian historian
- Doreen Kessy, Tanzanian entrepreneur
- Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist and educator
- Doreen Kong (born 1970), Hong Kong solicitor and politician
- Doreen Kuper, entrepreneur from Solomon Islands
- Doreen Liu, Singaporean businesswoman and philanthropist
- Doreen Lofthouse (1930–2021), British businesswoman
- Doreen Main, Scottish plant geneticist
- Doreen Majala (born 1990), Kenyan lawyer and news anchor
- Doreen Massey (geographer) (1944–2016), British social scientist and geographer
- Doreen Norton (1922–2007), English nurse and innovator
- Doreen Othero (ca. 1960), Kenyan, regional coordinator for population, health, and the environment research and policy development for the East African Community
- Doreen Paul (born 1962), Dominican banker
- Doreen Rosenthal, Australian psychological, adolescent health and HIV/AIDS researcher
- Doreen Simmons (1932–2018), English commentator
- Doreen Canaday Spitzer (1914–2010), American archaeologist
- Doreen Thomas, South African and Australian engineer and mathematician
- Doreen Warriner (1904–1972), British economist who saved Czech refugees in World War II
- Doreen Wicks (1935–1904), Canadian nurse, humanitarian and Citizenship Judge
- Doreen Yarwood (1918–1999), English historian
Fictional characters
[edit]- 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[broken anchor]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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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