Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Δωροθέα
Δωροθέα (Dōrothéā) is a feminine given name. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Dorothy.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Greek usage, Δωροθέα is a feminine form of Δωρόθεος.
Δωροθέα’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Δωροθέα has a short form in Dora. In Greek usage, Δωροθέα is a feminine form of Δωρόθεος. In Greek usage, Δωροθέα has a conventional equivalent in the English form Dorothy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Δωροθέα has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- DorothyEnglish
- DorotheaGerman
- Dorotaderivative · Polish, Slovak
- Doroteoderivative · Esperanto
- Doroteaderivative · Italian
- Δώραequivalent
- Δωρόθεοςmasculine form · Ancient Greek, Greek
- Doroteiaderivative · Portuguese
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