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Diorean (female)

Variants:Dorothy (F)
Derivative(s):Doreen (F)
   
Source(s): "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Gaelic, possibly "sullen".

Whyte suggests that Doreen [q.v.] was derived from Diorean and also that Diorean might be an Irish rendition of Dorothy.