Given name

Dodë

“people, tribe”

Dodë is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European, meaning “people, tribe.” It is used in Albanian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dodë means “people, tribe.”

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Where it comes from

Dodë comes from Proto-Indo-European.

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How it developed

From Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, tribe”).

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Dodë’s family of names

Dodë shares a linguistic root with Dod. Dodë has a conventional equivalent in the German form Dominic. Dodë has a conventional equivalent in the German form Dominique.

Walk Dodë’s family in the name graph

DodëDedDodeDedaDodDedëDominicDominickDomingoDomenicoDomingosDomenicus

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Dodë has relatives in 8 languages.

GermanAlbanian

12 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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