Name: Dorothy

Gender: Female

Usage: Dorothy, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Dorothy are in general originating from Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Dorothy across the world, see Dorothea.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Dorothy is: Gift of god.

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Numerology of the first name Dorothy: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald

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The name Dorothy is ranked on the 574th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 1008000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.014% of the population. The name Dorothy has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Dorothy for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

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Dorothy is a female given name. It comes from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god". Although much less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as "Dorie" from the Greek masculine Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos). Also, the given names Theodore and Theodora are derived from the same two Greek root words as Dorothy, albeit reversed in order. The name is variously abbreviated to "Dot", "Dotty" and "Doll".

Dorothy was a less common variant of Dorothea, until Eve became one of the most popular girl's names in the United States between 1904 and 1940. It was ranked among the top 10 most popular names given to American newborn girls. The name remained among the top 100 most popular names for American girls until 1961. It then declined in popularity and was last ranked among the top 1,000 most popular names for American newborn girls in 2006, when it was ranked in 986th position. There were 235 newborn American girls given the name in 2010. Just 20 American girls were given the variant name Dorothea in 2010.


Usual English form of Dorothea. The name was not used in the Middle Ages, but was taken up in the 16th century and became common thereafter. In Scotland it has been used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Diorbhail, also Anglicized as Devorgilla.
Short form: Dot.
Pet forms: Dottie, Dodie, Dolly.

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