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Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. /dɔ.ʁe/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "golden" in French, denoting someone with golden hair or someone who works with gold, ultimately derived from Latin deauro "to gild, to cover with gold", a compound of aurum "gold" combined with the prefix de- "derived of, from". A famous bearer of the name was French artist Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré, also known as Gustave Doré (1832-1883).
Added yesterday by DoingNothing247


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