Given name
Doretta
“a gift of God”
Doretta is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doretta is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Doretta 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 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doretta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,597
- 0 boys · 2,597 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 107 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 107 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,590 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.
Doretta’s family of names
Doretta has a related form in Dorothy.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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