Meaning Of The Name Dolores - Origin And History

Name Dolores - meaning, origin, numerology

Name: Dolores

Gender: Female

Usage: Dolores, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Dolores are in general originating from Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Dolores across the world, see Lola, Dolorès.

Name Meaning of Dolores

Meaning: The meaning of the name Dolores is: Sorrows, Sorrow.

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N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology.

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Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Dolores: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.

Interpretation: Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual Ruling planet: Neptune Colors: Green Gemstones: Moonstone

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Popularity of the Name

The name Dolores is ranked on the 1,412th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 330500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Dolores has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Dolores for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

Name Day Calendar

The name day of Dolores is 12 November.

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History and Origin

Dolores (or Delores) is a given name.

Spanish (now also borne in the English-speaking world, mainly by Roman Catholics): from the Marian title, Maria de los Dolores ‘Mary of Sorrows’, a reference to the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin in Christian belief. The feast of Our Lady's Dolours was established in 1423. Variants: English: Delores, Deloris. Cognate: Portuguese: Dores. Pet forms: Spanish: Lola, Lolita. English: Dolly.

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