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Dorothy

female

Meaning

"Gift of God"

A Greek compound meaning gift of God, it entered English through Christian tradition and remained common in various historical periods.

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Popularity History of Dorothy

Full SSA rank history from 1880 to 2024

#431Top 500

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#431

Dorothy was nationally ranked in 2024.

Change Vs Previous Year
+31

better than 2023

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, latest release 2024. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.

Dorothy Nicknames

Familiar short forms, playful variations, and easy everyday options for Dorothy.

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Baby Name Lists That Include Dorothy

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Famous Dorothys

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    Dorothy Parker
    American poet and satirist of the 1920s Algonquin Round Table
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    Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
    Heroine of L. Frank Baum's classic American fantasy novel
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    Dorothy Hodgkin
    British chemist who won the Nobel Prize for determining protein structures by X-ray

Quick Facts

OriginGreek, English
Syllables3
Length7 letters

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