Given name & surname
Dody
“a gift of God”
Dody is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dody is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dody is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dody through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 338
- 0 boys · 338 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 25 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 8 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 as a first name in 2020; 279 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dody
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Dody, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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