Dolores: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “sorrows”
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- doh-LOR-ez · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the Spanish title María de los Dolores, referring to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary. Traditionally used as a feminine given name in Spanish-speaking cultures.
How popular is Dolores?
Babies named Dolores in 202450
2024 rank#3,165 girls
Peak year1930
Total US babies since 1880212,704
Dolores is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Dolores
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Dolores questions
What does the name Dolores mean?
Dolores means "sorrows". It comes from Spanish. From the Spanish title María de los Dolores, referring to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary. Traditionally used as a feminine given name in Spanish-speaking cultures.
Is Dolores a boy or girl name?
Dolores is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Dolores?
50 US babies were named Dolores in 2024. Its peak year was 1930.
How do you pronounce Dolores?
Dolores is usually pronounced doh-LOR-ez.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.