Dorian
Masculine Greek name
Dorian is a proper name, used for both people and places.
It gained literary prominence from Oscar Wilde's novel *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, about a man whose portrait ages while he remains youthful.
In music, the Dorian mode is a scale pattern used in classical and jazz composition, named after the ancient Greek Dorians.
The name evokes classical elegance and is occasionally chosen for its aesthetic associations.
Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas in 2019.
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- eternal youthPermanent freedom from aging
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
Victorian · aestheticism · hedonism · vanity · narcissism · beauty · immorality · doppelganger
Way or method
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- LydianAncient western Anatolian
- AeolianCaused by wind
- IonianEastern Mediterranean region
tonality · modality · ancient Greek · medieval · church modes · minor · melancholy · folk
Personal name from birth
- masculineMale in character
- Greek originDerived from ancient Hellas
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- baby nameChosen title for newborn
Oscar Wilde
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- eternal youthPermanent freedom from aging
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
decadence · Victorian · aestheticism · hedonism · vanity · narcissism · beauty · immorality · doppelganger · transgression
mode
Way or method
Ionian · tonality · modality · ancient Greek · medieval · church modes · minor · melancholy · folk · traditional
given name
Personal name from birth
- masculineMale in character
- Greek originDerived from ancient Hellas
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
ancient Greece
Classical Mediterranean civilization
- HellenicOf Greek origin
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
- PeloponneseSouthern Greek peninsula
migration · tribe · invasion · dialect · Corinth · Argos · colonization · Iron Age · heritage · ancestry
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Greek demonymsAthenian, Corinthian, Theban, Cretan, Cypriot
- Spartaagoge, helots, phalanx, Spartans, Leonidas
- music theorynote, notes, chord, chords, harmony
- BioWare RPGsInquisition, Mass Effect, Alistair, Morrigan, Shepard
- Dorian Gray
- Dorian invasionAncient Greek tribal migration
- The Picture of Dorian GrayNovel about eternal youth's cost
- Doric columnSimplest Greek order pillar