Given name
Dorotha
“a gift of God”
Dorotha is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorotha is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorotha 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 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorotha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,788
- 0 boys · 4,788 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 197 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 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 197 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,122 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.
Dorotha’s family of names
Dorotha has a related form in Dorothy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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