| Group info: | | Meaning/translation: | gift of God |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin, female: | female form of the Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek name Dorotheos |
| | known from Saint Dorothea (3rd/4th century AD) |
| Words: | doron = the gift Old Greek |
| | theos = God Old Greek |
| Topics: | New Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 3:Urte Lithuania 2009, 4:Dorothy England+Wales 1914, 5:Dorina Hungary 2005, 6:Dorthe Greenland 2011, 7:Dora Croatia 2010, 8:Doreen England+Wales 1934, 8:Darta Latvia 2018, 9:Dóra Hungary 2011, 25:Dorka Hungary 2011, 39:Teja Slovenia 2009 |
| Somehow related to: | Theodore/Theodora |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
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| German | Dora, Dore, Dorena, Dorette, Dorina, Dorit, Dorli, Dorothea, Dorothee, Dörte, Dörthe | Dorotheus |
| Scandinavian | Dorete, Dorthe | |
| Low German | Dörte, Dörthe | |
| Swiss German | Dorli | |
| Italian | Dorina, Dorotea, Tea | Doroteo |
| English | Dolly, Doreen, Dorothy | Dorotheus |
| French | Dorette, Dorine, Dorothée | |
| Spanish | Dorotea | Doroteo |
| Dutch | Doortje, Dorothe | |
| Lithuanian | Urte | |
| Slovenian | Doroteja, Teja | |
| Hungarian | Dóra, Dorina, Dorka, Dorottya | |
| Latvian | Darta | |
| Old Greek | | Dorotheos |
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| Name variants: 29 female and 3 male name variants, sorted by name and gender |
| Name | Languages of Use |
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| Doroteo | Italian, Spanish |
| Dorotheos | Old Greek |
| Dorotheus | German, English |
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