Given name
Dorothée
“a gift of God”
Dorothée is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorothée is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorothée is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Dorothée’s family of names
In French usage, Dorothée shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Dorotêye. Dorothée has a related form in Dorothy. In French usage, Dorothée has a conventional equivalent in the English form Dorothy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dorothée has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dorothée
- Dorothée MunyanezaBritish-Rwandan singer, actress, dancer and choreographerborn 1982
- Dorothée PousséoFrench actressborn 1979
- Dorothée GilbertFrench ballet dancerborn 1983
- Dorothée BerrymanCanadian actressborn 1948
- Dorothée GizengaDRC-Canadian politician1961–2022
- Dorothée Le MaîtreFrench geologist and paleontologist (1896-1990)
- Dorothée ChellierFrench physician1860–1930
- Dorothée JemmaFrench actressborn 1956
- Dorothée de MonfreidFrench writerborn 1973
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