Dorothea
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Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Dorothea
- Given name.gender
- Female
- Given name.meaning
- Gift of God
- Given name.origin
- Greek
- Given name.related names
- Dorothy, Dora, Dot, Dottie, Dolly, Theodora
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- female given name
- Said to be same as
- Dea
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- different from
- Dorothea
- native label
- Dorothea
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- D630
- Cologne phonetics
- 272
- Caverphone
- TRTA111111
- language of work or name
- German
- Commons category
- Dorothea (given name)
- P8168
- Loir-et-Cher
- given name version for other gender
- Dorotheos
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Aristocracy
- Saints
- Other people
- First name
- Middle name
- Single name
- Fictional characters
- See also
- References
Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy.
People with this name include:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dorothea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.