Name Dorothea

Meaning: gift of God

Gender: female

Languages of use: German

Diminutives: Doortje, Dorli, Dörte, Dörthe

Short forms: Dora, Dore, Doreen, Dorit, Tea, Urte

Asteroid: 339 Dorothea, discovered 1892

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Dorothea is a member of the name group Dorotheus/Dorothea:

Meaning/translation: gift of God

Language of origin: Old Greek

Info, 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

Name variants: Darta, Dolly, Doortje, Dora, Dóra, Dore, Doreen, Dorena, Dorete, Dorette, Dorina, Dorine, Dorit, Dorka, Dorli, Dorotea, Doroteja, Dorothe, Dorothea, Dorothee, Dorothée, Dorothy, Dorottya, Dörte, Dorthe, Dörthe, Tea, Teja, Urte, Doroteo, Dorotheos, Dorotheus