Dore

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
2. A surname.
3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
4. A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.

Etymology

* 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”).