Doryda
Just four women in Poland carry Doryda, and no girl has been given it since 2000: most Poles have never met one. It comes from Greek and marks a woman from Doris, a small region in central Greece.
Doryda Pronunciation
Doryda is pronounced do-RIH-dah (/dɔˈrɨda/).
What Doryda means
Where Doryda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Doryda comes from Greek. The short meaning is "Dorian woman," a woman from the land of Doris. Doris was a small region in central Greece, the homeland of the Dorian people. The name places a person there, among that stock and that country.
Greek myth gives the root a face. Doris was an Oceanid, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She married the sea-god Nereus. Their fifty daughters were the Nereids, the nymphs of the Mediterranean. From one Doris a whole line of sea nymphs begins.
Polish keeps the name as Doryda and stays close to that ancient source. It is rare on the Polish naming charts, and a child called Doryda would stand out on a school register beside the Zuzannas and Antoninas. The meaning holds steady: a woman from the land of Doris.
When Doryda celebrates name day
Doryda appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 7 August.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Doryda
1 in 5635958 women in Poland is named Doryda. 4 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #29622 among female names.