Doriana
Fewer than fifty Polish women carry it, and no girl has been given it since 2000: most Poles will never meet a Doriana. The name is Greek at root, meaning "of the Dorians".
Doriana Pronunciation
Doriana is pronounced dor-YAH-nah (/dɔrˈjana/).
What Doriana means
Where Doriana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Doriana comes from Greek, from the Dorians, one of the Hellenic peoples who settled the mountainous region called Doris. The short meaning stays close to that root: of the Dorians. The masculine Dorian came first, and the feminine Doriana followed. Italy took to the form, where it reads as warm and local, though the ancestry is Greek.
In Italy the name belongs to real people. Doriana Fuksas, the architect who designs alongside Massimo Fuksas, carries it into contemporary building. The name has no common diminutives. It stands at its full four syllables, with nothing shorter to hide behind.
On a Polish class register, Doriana sits apart from the Julias and Zuzannas nearby. A teacher might pause on it once before moving down the list. The origin holds firm: of the Dorians, a people of ancient Greece.
How many people are named Doriana
1 in 469663 women in Poland is named Doriana. 48 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5465 among female names.
Doriana as a middle name
Doriana is a first name for 48 women in Poland and a middle name for another 14, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1981st, between Dimitra (14) and Elfrida (14).
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#1979 Dewi14
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#1980 Dimitra14
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#1981 Doriana14
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#1982 Elfrida14
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#1983 Eniola14