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I think of it as a masculine name. I don't really like it. I should because I like the D-R sounds. But it falls too gently or something ... to be a man's name. I'd like it if it were Dorin or Doran, but Dorian seems too soft for my taste.

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A woman named Dorian is a female with a conventionally masculine name. It doesn't become unisex to me just because it's on a woman. However, it is not too masculine for a woman to bear, IMO - it doesn't seem terribly mannish. I guess because of the names Dorothy and Doreen and Doris and all the related Dor names that sort of influence me to think it's more feminine (and the lack of frequent Dor- male names), and because of the unisex-ness of the 'ian' ending.

This message was edited 4/21/2013, 10:13 AM