Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
DoritIn Hebrew: דורית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: דּוֹרִיתRomanization: dorít
Dorit (Hebrew: דורית) is a girl's name of international origin. 7,325 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1966, with 307 babies.
- People in Israel
- 7,325
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1966
- 307 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Dorit
In Hebrew letters the name is דורית, read right to left. Dorit is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "dorít" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Dorit
דּוֹר (dor) + ־ית (-ít, “Forming female given names; especially, appended to male given names to form female counterparts.”)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Dorit by year in Israel
How many girls 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 Dorit
How do you write Dorit in Hebrew?
Dorit is written דורית in Hebrew (with vowel points: דּוֹרִית). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "dorít".
How many people in Israel are named Dorit?
7,325 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דורית: 7,325 women and 0 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 Dorit a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דורית are women.
What does the name Dorit mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Dorit" Etymology: דּוֹר (dor) + ־ית (-ít, “Forming female given names; especially, appended to male given names to form female counterparts.”)
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.