Dover: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Dover – Meaning: the waters – Origin: Brythonic Celtic – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: DOH-ver


Dover is a Brythonic Celtic unisex name meaning “the waters”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Dover

Meaning: The waters.

Origin: Brythonic Celtic.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Dover

Phonetic: DOH-ver   IPA: /ˈdoʊvər/

Popularity of Dover

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1914–2022.

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