Given name & surname
Dorota
“a gift of God”
Dorota is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorota is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorota is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Dorota developed from Δωροθέα.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 0 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 7 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,175 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.
Dorota’s family of names
In Polish usage, Dorota has a diminutive in Dora. Dorota shares a linguistic root with Dorothea. Dorota has a related form in Dorothy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dorota has relatives in 26 languages.
26 related names in 26 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dorota
- DodaPolish singerborn 1984
- Dorota MasłowskaPolish writerborn 1983
- DK WelchmanFilm director and painterborn 1978
- Dorota MiśkiewiczPolish singerborn 1973
- Dorota KędzierzawskaPolish film directorborn 1957
- Dorota SegdaPolish actress, professor of theater artsborn 1966
- Dorota PomykałaPolish actressborn 1956
- Dorota UrbaniakCanadian rowerborn 1972
- Dorota Tlałka-MogorePolish-French alpine skier1963–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Dorota, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“born on the Lord's day”
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Dena
“from the valley; a church official”
>99% girls
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>99% girls
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“of the sacred spring”
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“princess”
>99% girls