Given name
Dodie
“a gift of God”
Dodie is an affectionate form of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dodie is an affectionate form of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dodie is an affectionate form of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Dodie is a diminutive of Dorothy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dodie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,258
- 0 boys · 1,258 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 89 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 89 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,105 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dodie’s family of names
In English usage, Dodie is a diminutive of Dorothy. In Scots usage, Dodie has a related form in Dod. Dodie is an affectionate form of Dorothy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dodie
- Dodie SmithEnglish children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
- DodieEnglish singer and songwriter (born 1995)
- Dodie StevensAmerican musicianborn 1946
- Dodie BellamyAmerican novelist, nonfiction author, journalist and editor (born 1951)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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