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Dorse
How to Pronounce Dorse
Pronounced DORSS /หdษหrs/Medium
Meaning: Dorse is a clipped form of Dorsey, a surname of Norman French origin meaning 'from Orsay', a place in France. Handed to boys as a first name in the early twentieth-century American South, it reads as a lean, one-syllable family name.Low
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History & Origin
Dorse is a shortened Dorsey, a surname the Normans carried from Orsay in France. In the early-twentieth-century South, surnames often became first names, and Dorse is a spare, one-syllable example, usually honoring a family line.
It was never common, given to only about twenty boys a year around 1929, and it faded by midcentury. A boy named Dorse then would be a great-grandfather now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Dorse mean?
It is a short form of the surname Dorsey, of Norman French origin meaning 'from Orsay'.
How do you pronounce Dorse?
It is said DORSS /หdษหrs/, one syllable.
Is Dorse a boy or girl name?
Dorse is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Dorse?
It has always been rare, given to only a handful of boys a year at its early-twentieth-century peak.