Name
DORA

Name DORA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 141,559 births of Dora in the countries below, which represents an average of 997 births of children bearing the first name Dora per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 574 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Dora   
In Italiano Nome Dora   
Available variant : Dóra
Variations : Doreen , Dorinda , Dorita , Dorothy


Information about the first name Dora

We celebrate Dora on November 9th
The first name Dora is listed in our categories :The first name Dora has been assigned to:
0.11% to boys
99.89% to girls
The country where the first name Dora is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Dora

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Dora : Ador, Adro, Ardo, Daro, Odar, Orad, Rado, Road, Roda

Dora in Japanese *

Romajidora
Katakanaドラ
Hiraganaどら
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Dora in Japanese
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Dora in sign language

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Dora in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Dora

US English
Etymology src :
  • A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.
Anagrams src :
  • A-Rod, Rado, orad, orda, road
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɹ.ə/, /ˈdɔː.ɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Proper noun src :
  • Dora
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Proper noun src :
  • DORA
  • (UK, historical) Acronym of Defence of the Realm Act 1914.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • dumb Dora
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Popular as a formal given name in the end of the 19th century.
FR French
Anagrams src :
  • roda, rôda
Verb src :
  • dora
  • third-person singular past historic of dorer
General
Proper noun src :
  • Dora
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Dora
ES Spanish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɾa/ [ˈd̪o.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: Do‧ra
Proper noun src :
  • Dora f
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Dora
Verb src :
  • dora
  • inflection of dorar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone, dor.
Noun src :
  • dora m
  • bumblebee
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdo.rɑ/
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • English: dor, dumbledore, dorbeetle, dorfly, dorrfly
Latin
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῶρα (Dôra).
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdoː.ra/, [ˈd̪oːrä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ra/, [ˈd̪ɔːrä]
Proper noun src :
  • Dōra f sg (genitive Dōrae); first declension
  • A town in Phoenicia situated near Mount Carmel
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
IT Italian
Anagrams src :
  • -ardo, Ardo, Odra, Rodà, ardo, darò, orda, rado, roda
Verb src :
  • dora
  • inflection of dorare:
  • third-person singular present
  • second-person singular imperative
CZ Czech
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈdora]
  • Hyphenation: Do‧ra
Proper noun src :
  • Dora f
  • a diminutive of the female given name Dorota
 

Popularity of the name Dora

Number of DORA births per year

Popularity of the name Dora
Popularity of the name Dora

Total births of Dora by country

Births with the first name Dora
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
151
101,308
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
0
12,625
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
10,062
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
7,367
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
2,086
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
1,756
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
3
1,360
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
0
1,334
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
564
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
539
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
493
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
386
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
286
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
280
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
245
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
207
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
95
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
4
85
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
75
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
66
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
63
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
1
44
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
0
28
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
24
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
17
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
4
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
1
Popularity of the name Dora

Total births of Dora by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Dora
Country
Boys
Girls
HRCroatia
2022
0
253
ITItaly
2021
0
74
DEGermany
2022
0
62
USUnited State of America
2022
0
44
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
30
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
28
SISlovenia
2022
0
18
ATAustria
2021
0
16
FRFrance
2022
0
16
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
12
SESweden
2022
0
6
ARArgentina
2015
0
5
DKDenmark
2022
0
4
LVLatvia
2022
0
3
ABAlberta
2022
0
1
QCQuebec
2022
0
1
CLChili
2021
0
1

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Personalities with the first name Dora

There are 76 personalities with the first name Dora

Dora Maar src

France
Photographer Writer Poet Artist Illustrator Painter Sculptor Choreographer Model

Dora D’Istria (Elena Ghica) src

Wallachia
Writer Historian Painter Mountaineer Essayist Traveler

Dora Boothby (Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby) src

United kingdom
Tennis player Badminton player

Dora Pejačević src

Hungary Weimar republic
Composer Pianist Violinist

Melinda Gal src

Hungary
Pornographic actor Model

Dora Carrington src

United kingdom
Photographer Artist Painter Decorative artist

Dora Gabé (Изидора Пейсах Габе) src

Bulgaria
Writer Teacher Poet Translator Theatrologist Essayist Theatre critic

Dorothea Köring src

Germany
Tennis player

Dora Russell src

United kingdom
Peace activist Feminist

Dora Bryan (Dora May Broadbent) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Actor Hotel manager Stage actor Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Dora
Full list of personalities with the first name Dora

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Dora

There are 508 actors and actresses with the first name Dora
Dora Negri-Crutchfield
Dora Madison
Dora Kiss
Dora Jemaa
Dora Krsková
Dora Lipovcan
Dora Venter
Dora Polic
Dora Mazzone
Dora Cordero
Dora Pellegrino
Dora Bouchoucha
Dora Ivanciuc
Dora Sitzani
Dora Dee Stansauk
Dora Reisser
Dora Simopoulou
Dora Baret
Dora Cadavid
Dora Yannakopoulou
Dora Kostidou
Dora Smedovska
Dora Prince
Dora Santacreu
Dora María
Dora Van Der Groen
Dora Bryan
Dora Doll
Dora Lopes
Dora Dainton

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Dora
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Dora

Rankings of first name DORA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name DORA (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#10HR Croatia2022
#95SI Slovenia2022
#188CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#249IT Italy2021
#327LV Latvia2022
#360AT Austria2021
#613CH Switzerland2021
#688DK Denmark2022
#766DE Germany2022
#858AR Argentina2015
#919SE Sweden2022
#1153GB United Kingdom2021
#2103US United State of America2022
#2117FR France2022
#6580AB Alberta2022
#6857CL Chili2021
#8815QC Quebec2022
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