Given name
Dorita
“dorian woman”·“a gift of God”
Dorita is a variant of Doris. One interpretation is “dorian woman.” Its derivation is not certain. Dorita is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorita is a variant of Doris. One interpretation is “dorian woman.” Its derivation is not certain. Dorita is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorita is a variant of Doris. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain. Dorita 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 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dorita is a variant of Doris. The history of Doris gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Doris is associated with a daughter of Oceanus.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dorita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 689
- 0 boys · 689 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 42 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 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 729 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.
Dorita’s family of names
Dorita has a related form in Dorothy. Dorita has a related form in Doris. In English usage, Dorita has a conventional equivalent in the German form Dorit.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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