Name
DOROTHY

Name DOROTHY

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,164,423 births of Dorothy in the countries below, which represents an average of 8,200 births of children bearing the first name Dorothy per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 963 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Dorothy   
In Italiano Nome Dorothy   
Variations : Dolly , Dora , Dóra , Dorette , Dorota , Dorotea , Doroteia , Dorotha , Dorothea , Dorottya , Dortha , Dorthea , Dorthy , Dottie


Information about the first name Dorothy

The first name Dorothy has been assigned to:
0.13% to boys
99.87% to girls
The country where the first name Dorothy is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 7 letters including 3 vowels and 4 consonants

Dorothy in Japanese *

Romajidoroshii
Katakanaドロシー
Hiraganaどろしー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Dorothy in Japanese
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Dorothy in sign language

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Dorothy in binary language

01100100 01101111 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101000 01111001

Origin and meaning of name Dorothy

US English
Etymology src :
  • The English form of Latin Dorothea, the name of a legendary saint, from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa), from δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) + θεός (theós, “god”).
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒɹ.ə.θi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹ.ə.θi/, /ˈdɔɹ.θi/
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹ.ə.θi/
Proper noun src :
  • Dorothy
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • doll
 

Popularity of the name Dorothy

Number of DOROTHY births per year

Popularity of the name Dorothy
Popularity of the name Dorothy

Total births of Dorothy by country

Births with the first name Dorothy
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
1,468
1,107,745
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
24
27,408
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
13,762
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
4,514
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
2,713
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
2,331
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
1
2,143
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
636
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
0
597
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
409
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
206
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
140
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
0
127
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
93
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
46
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
13
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
13
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
12
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
11
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
8
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
3
Popularity of the name Dorothy

Total births of Dorothy by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Dorothy
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
609
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
289
ONOntario
2019
0
14
ITItaly
2021
0
12
NZNew Zealand
2022
0
10
BCBritish Columbia
2022
0
8
DEGermany
2022
0
8
ABAlberta
2022
0
5
FRFrance
2022
0
4
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
2
ATAustria
2021
0
1
CLChili
2021
0
1

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Personalities with the first name Dorothy

There are 206 personalities with the first name Dorothy

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin src

United kingdom
Biophysicist Crystallographer Physicist Chemist Biologist Biochemist

Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Rothschild) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Poet Songwriter Columnist Journalist Literary critic

Dorothy Malone src

United states of america
Actor Television actor Film actor

Dorothy Dandridge src

United states of america
Actor Singer Stage actor Dancer Television actor Film actor

Dorothy L. Sayers (Dorothy Leigh Sayers) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Poet Playwright Novelist Essayist Philologist Translator Editor Copywriter Short story writer

Dorothy Day src

United states of america
Writer Editor Journalist Social activist Trade unionist Peace activist Autobiographer Suffragist

P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James) src

United kingdom
Science fiction writer Writer Politician Novelist

Vivian Maier src

United states of america
Photographer Nanny

Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Singer Stage actor Radio personality Television actor Film actor Beauty pageant contestant

Dorothy Mcguire src

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Television actor Film actor


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

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Dorothy

There are 1140 actors and actresses with the first name Dorothy
Dorothy Martin
Dorothy Wuyts
Dorothy Camak
Dorothy Blyskal
Dorothy Cotter
Dorothy Black
Dorothy Lake
Dorothy Crum
Dorothy Atkinson
Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Cox
Dorothy Lucey
Dorothy Recasner Brown
Dorothy Chi-Hsia Yu
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Goulah
Dorothy Lemay
Dorothy Buhrman
Dorothy Best
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Brody
Dorothy Hack
Dorothy Vernon
Dorothy Anelay
Dorothy Constantine
Dorothy Paul
Dorothy Johnson
Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Anne Seese

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

Rankings of first name DOROTHY by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name DOROTHY (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#177GB United Kingdom2021
#450NZ New Zealand2022
#472BC British Columbia2022
#485US United State of America2022
#749CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#775ON Ontario2019
#832AB Alberta2022
#851IT Italy2021
#3057DE Germany2022
#4691AT Austria2021
#5872FR France2022
#6854CL Chili2021
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Other girls' names around Dorothy
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