Given name & surname
Doro
“a gift of God”
Doro is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doro is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Doro 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 563 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.
Doro’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Doro is a diminutive of Izidor. Doro has a related form in Dorothy. In Venetan usage, Doro has a conventional equivalent in the German form Theodor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Doro has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Doro
- Doro PeschGerman singer and frontwoman of Warlockborn 1964
- Doro LeviItalian archaeologist (1898-1991)
- Doro MerandeAmerican film, stage, television and vaudeville actress (1892-1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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