In geography and history, Doris was the region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland.
In naval history, Doris was a French coastal submarine of the Sirčne class. At 00.14 hours on 9 May1940, the Doris (CdC Favreul) was torpedoed and sunk North West off the Dutch Coast, 30 miles from Den Helder, by the German submarine U-9.