Given name
Dorothee
“a gift of God”
Dorothee is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorothee is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dorothee 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 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorothee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 295
- 0 boys · 295 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 26 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 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 498 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.
Dorothee’s family of names
Dorothee has a related form in Dorothy. In German usage, Dorothee has a related form in Dorothea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dorothee
- Doro PeschGerman singer and frontwoman of Warlockborn 1964
- Dorothee SölleGerman theologian (1929–2003)
- Dorothee SchneiderGerman dressage riderborn 1969
- Dorothee BärGerman politicianborn 1978
- Dorothee ElmigerSwiss writerborn 1985
- Dorothee WilmsGerman politicianborn 1929
- Dorothee OberlingerFemale recorder player from Germanyborn 1969
- Dorothee MartinGerman politicianborn 1978
- Dorothee ParkerGerman actressborn 1938
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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