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Dorset at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old English Shakespearean
- Western numerology
- 9
- Indian numerology
- 7
- Characters
- 6
- Popular
- 143 family views
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What does Dorset mean?
Dorset is a baby name with Old English, Shakespearean context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is King Richard IN' Marquis of Dorset, son of Edward's Queen; tribe near the sea.
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Brother names
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Boy
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Henry VI, Part 1' Member of the Red Rose or Lancaster faction; Variant of Bassett: Short
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meadow; pure; The name means She Who holds the Key; Variant of Kay and Kayla, meaning: keeper of the keys
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elfin; Make amends; Variant of Louella: Famous elf Also a compound of the names Lou and Ella
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Basset
Boy
English
Henry VI, Part 1' Member of the Red Rose or Lancaster faction; Variant of Bassett: Short
121 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
173 family views
Boyet
Boy
Shakespearean
Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France
117 family views
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Boy
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The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Juliet's Father, head of the Capulet house, at variance with the Montagues
155 family views
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Boy
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Boy
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160 family views
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