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Dorothy, meaning and popularity

Meaning of Dorothy
Meaning gift of God
Origin Greek
Gender girls name
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What is the meaning of the name Dorothy?

The meaning of the name Dorothy is "gift of God". The origin of the name is "Greek". The name Dorothy is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Dorothy

\d(o)-ro-thy\

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Dorothy is a very popular first name for girls (#10) and also really popular as a last name (#19719). Users of our site ranked the name with a 5.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Dorothy.

How popular is the name Dorothy?

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The year 1924 was for Dorothy a very good year. In that year there were 38823 births with the name Dorothy. Find out if Dorothy is in the top 100 girls names 1924 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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