Given name
Dorrit
“a gift of God”
In Danish use, Dorrit has a related form in Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Dorrit has a related form in Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Danish use, Dorrit has a related form in 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dorrit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 0 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 6 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 128 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.
Dorrit’s family of names
In Danish usage, Dorrit has a related form in Dorothy. In Danish usage, Dorrit has a related form in Dorthea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dorrit
- Dorrit HoffleitAmerican astronomer (1907–2007)
- Dorrit WillumsenDanish writerborn 1940
- Dorrit MoussaieffFirst Lady of Iceland from 2003 to 2016born 1950
- Dorrit WeixlerGerman actress (1892-1916)1888–1916
- Dorrit BlackAustralian painter (1891–1951)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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