Given name
Dorit
“a gift of God”
Dorit is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorit is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorit is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Dorit is a short form of Dorothea.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 0 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 10 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 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 586 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.
Dorit’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Dorit is a short form of Dorothea. Dorit has a related form in Dorothy. In Danish usage, Dorit has a related form in Dorthea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dorit has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dorit
- Dorit AharonovIsraeli computer scientistborn 1970
- Dorit RabinyanIsraeli writer and screenwriterborn 1972
- Dorit BeinischIsraeli judgeborn 1942
- Dorit ChryslerAustrian musicianborn 1966
- Dorit KreyslerAustrian actress (1909-1999)
- Dorit ShavitIsraeli diplomatborn 1949
- Dorit SchmielDied at the Berlin wall1941–1962
- Dorit Bar OrIsraeli actressborn 1975
- Dorit JelinekIsraeli modelborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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