Meanings
- A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
- A surname.
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
- A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.
Origin
- Old Frenchdoré“golden”
- EnglishDore
* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghrá, from dubh + grá). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).
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Dore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dore
“Dore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dore.
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