Given name · also Latin
Dorotheus
“gift”·“God”
Dorotheus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dorotheus is built from elements meaning “gift” and “God”.
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Where it comes from
Dorotheus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Dorotheus developed from Δωρόθεος.
Dorotheus’s family of names
In English usage, Dorotheus developed from the Ancient Greek form Δωρόθεος. In English usage, Dorotheus has a conventional equivalent in the Bulgarian form Доротей.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dorotheus
- Dorotheus of TyreSyrian bishop of Tyre and saint (c. 255 – 362)
- Dorotheus of SidonHellenistic astrologer50
- Dorotheus of Antiocharchbishop
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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