Western numerology
Number 9 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Name profile
Dorset at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old English Shakespearean
- Western numerology
- 9
- Indian numerology
- 7
- Characters
- 6
- Popular
- 140 family views
Number meaning for Dorset
Indian numerology
Number 7 insight
Indian numerology uses a traditional letter map that many families prefer for cultural name matching.
Meaning and story
What does Dorset mean?
Dorset is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with Old English, Shakespearean context. Its meaning is recorded as: 'King Richard IN' Marquis of Dorset, son of Edward's Queen; tribe near the sea
This meaning has been cleaned for a parent-friendly reading.
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Names like Dorset
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Somerset
Boy
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From the summer settlers; 'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'King Henry the Sixth, Part IN' Duke of Somerset; One who lives in the summers settlement
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blue-black; Dark stream or dark river; Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Dwells by the dark stream; from the dark water; 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Archibald, The Earl of Douglas; Trouble
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Hamlet
Boy
English
A variant of Hamo derived from the Old German word for house or home Also used as a surname Associated with Shakespeare's tragedy by the same name; 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Son to the former King, whose ghost appears to Hamlet demanding he avenge his father's death by killing Claudius, the present king and brother of the former; House or home, Prince of Denmark; Variant of Hamo: House or home Introduced from Germany during the Norman Conquest Also used as a surname
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Plantagenet
Boy
Shakespearean
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Brother names
Brothers for Dorset
Basset
Boy
English
'Henry VI, Part 1' Member of the Red Rose or Lancaster faction; Variant of Bassett: Short
118 family views
Somerset
Boy
English
From the summer settlers; 'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'King Henry the Sixth, Part IN' Duke of Somerset; One who lives in the summers settlement
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Boyet
Boy
Shakespearean
'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France
114 family views
Capulet
Boy
Shakespearean
'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Juliet's Father, head of the Capulet house, at variance with the Montagues
152 family views
Sister names
Sisters for Dorset
Kaelyn
Girl
Old English
meadow; pure; The name means She Who holds the Key; Variant of Kay and Kayla, meaning: keeper of the keys
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Gleda
Girl
Old English
Gleda in English means Happy, and in Welsh it means Lame; Happy; Lame; to make happy
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Luella
Girl
Old English
elfin; Make amends; Variant of Louella: Famous elf Also a compound of the names Lou and Ella
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Goldie
Girl
Old English
gold; Goldia is a Judaism name which means valuable as gold Expen; The precious metal gold Gilded Famous bearer: American actress Goldie Hawn
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More origins
Same feeling, different origins
Basset
Boy
English
'Henry VI, Part 1' Member of the Red Rose or Lancaster faction; Variant of Bassett: Short
118 family views
Somerset
Boy
English
From the summer settlers; 'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'King Henry the Sixth, Part IN' Duke of Somerset; One who lives in the summers settlement
169 family views
Boyet
Boy
Shakespearean
'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France
114 family views
Capulet
Boy
Shakespearean
'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Juliet's Father, head of the Capulet house, at variance with the Montagues
152 family views
Douglas
Boy
Filipino
blue-black; Dark stream or dark river; Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Dwells by the dark stream; from the dark water; 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Archibald, The Earl of Douglas; Trouble
188 family views
Hamlet
Boy
English
A variant of Hamo derived from the Old German word for house or home Also used as a surname Associated with Shakespeare's tragedy by the same name; 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Son to the former King, whose ghost appears to Hamlet demanding he avenge his father's death by killing Claudius, the present king and brother of the former; House or home, Prince of Denmark; Variant of Hamo: House or home Introduced from Germany during the Norman Conquest Also used as a surname
158 family views
Plantagenet
Boy
Shakespearean
'King Henry IV, Part 1' Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Richard Vernon Falstaff 'Henry VI, Part 1 and 2', 'King Henry V', Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of York, cousin to King Henry V
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