doppler (disambiguation) doppler (disambiguation) doppler (doppler effect or doppler shift) is the frequency change of a wave for observer relative to its source. look up doppler in wiktionary, the free dictionary. it may also refer to: doppler (surname), a surname and a list of people with the name christian doppler (1803–1853), austrian mathematician and physicist doppler (building), a building in seattle, home to amazon.com's corporate headquarters doppler (crater), a lunar impact crater doppler (novel), a novel by erlend loe 3905 doppler, an asteroid doppler, the mascot of the wnba's seattle storm