Dorsey

Dorsey: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “from Orsay”
Origin: French
Say it: DOR-see · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys (87% of all uses)

Transferred from an English surname ultimately from the French place name Orsay. It is used as a given name in English-speaking contexts.

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How popular is Dorsey?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Dorsey in 20240

Peak year1916

Total US babies since 18806,228

Dorsey was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Dorsey

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliverolive tree · French
Beauhandsome · French
Calvinbald · French
Louisfamous warrior · French
Granttall; large · French
Saintholy person; saint · French
Russelllittle red-haired one · French
Travisto cross · French

Dorsey questions

What does the name Dorsey mean?

Dorsey means "from Orsay". It comes from French. Transferred from an English surname ultimately from the French place name Orsay. It is used as a given name in English-speaking contexts.

Is Dorsey a boy or girl name?

Dorsey is mainly a boy's name in US records (87% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Dorsey?

Dorsey was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1916.

How do you pronounce Dorsey?

Dorsey is usually pronounced DOR-see.

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.