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DoriIn Hebrew: דורי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Dori (Hebrew: דורי) is a unisex name of international origin. 1,295 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 57 boys and ranked #264. Its peak year was 2021, with 90 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,295
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 57
- rank #264
- Peak year
- 2021
- 90 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Dori
In Hebrew letters the name is דורי, read right to left. Dori is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Dori by year: Israel and abroad
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Dori
How do you write Dori in Hebrew?
Dori is written דורי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Dori?
1,295 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דורי: 277 women and 1,018 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Dori a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 21% of the people named דורי are women and 79% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.
Abroad
- United States: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA)
Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications - National Data
Years 1880–2025 · updated 2026-04-13 · licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work) · names given to fewer than 5 babies a year are not published - Alberta: Alberta Vital Statistics
Frequency and ranking of baby names by year and gender
Years 1980–2025 · updated 2026-08-11 · licence: Open Government Licence - Alberta
Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.