From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy (given name)
Dorothy (given name)
Dorothy ican girls given the name in 2010. Just 20 American girls
were given the variant name Dorothea in 2010.[4]
Famous bearers
• Dorothy Allison, American writer
• Dorothy Arnold, American socialite who disappeared
mysteriously
• Dorothy Dandridge, actress
• Dorothy Catherine Fontana, screenplay writer
• Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist
• Dorothy Hamill, figure skater
• Dorothy Hodgkin, British biochemist and winner of
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Dorothy Lee, 1930s American actress-comedian
• Dorothy Parker, American poet
• Dorothy Scharf, English philanthropist
• Dorothy Stang (1931-2005), Catholic nun of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Dorothy Gale is a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic • Dorothy Sterling, American writer
children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
• Dorothy Vest, American female tennis player
Gender Female • Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of William Wordsworth
• Angela Dorothea Merkel, German politician
Origin
• Dorothea Douglass, English tennis player
Word/ Greek • Dorota Masłowska, Polish writer
Name • Dorothy Leigh Sayers, writer
Meaning Gift of God • Dorothea Maria Lösch, Swedish captain
• Dorothy Gish, American actress
Other names
• Dorothy Faye Dunaway, American actress
Related Theodore, Dottie, Theodora, Dot, Doreen, • Dorota Rabczewska, Polish rock singer
names Dorothea, Dorothie, Dorothi • Dorota Nieznalska, Polish artist
• Dorothea von Biron, a Baltic German noblewoman
Dorothy is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα • Dorothea Lange, American documentary
(Dōrothea) meaning "God’s Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), photographer and photojournalist
"gift"[1] + θεός (theos), "god".[2] The earliest form of the • Dorothy Bush Koch, daughter of the 41st President of
word δῶρον is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning the United States George H. W. Bush and sister of
"gift", written in Linear B syllabic script. [3] Although George W. Bush, the 43rd President
much less common, there are also male equivalents in fiction:
In fiction
English such as "Dorie" from the Greek masculine • Dorothy Ann
Δωροθέος (Dōrotheos). Also, the given name Theodora is • Dorothy Catalonia, a character from the Gundam
derived from the same two Greek root words as Dorothy, Wing anime series.
reversed in order. • Dorothy Gale, little girl who was blown to the Land
Dorothy was most popular in the United States be- of Oz by a cyclone in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 book The
tween 1904 and 1940, when it was ranked among the top Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the classic 1939 movie
10 most popular names given to newborn girls. The name adaptation The Wizard of Oz
remained among the top 100 most popular names for • Dorothy Michaels (Michael D’Orsay), female role in
American girls until 1961. It then declined in popularity the 1982 comedy film Tootsie, played by Dustin
and was last ranked among the top 1,000 most popular Hoffman.
names for American newborn girls in 2006, when it was • Dorothy Zbornak, played by Bea Arthur on the long-
ranked in 986th position. There were 235 newborn Amer- running TV sitcom The Golden Girls
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy (given name)
• R. Dorothy Wayneright, female android in the anime [2] θεός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-
series Big O English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
• Dot Branning, fictional character on the television [3] Palaeolexicon, Word study tool of ancient
show EastEnders languages
[4] http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/
References
[1] δῶρον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-
English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorothy_(given_name)&oldid=467051397"
Categories:
• Given names
• English given names
• English feminine given names
• Given names of Greek language origin
This page was last modified on 21 December 2011 at 17:18. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of
the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact us
Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
2