What country did the name Dorothy come from?

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What country did the name Dorothy come from?

Answer 1

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.

Dorothea

English, German, and Dutch: Latinate form of a post-classical Greek name composed of the elements doron gift + theos god (the same elements as in Theodora, but in reverse order). The masculine form Dorotheus (see Dorofei) was borne by several early Christian saints, the feminine only by two minor ones, but in Western Europe today it only survives as a female name. In modern use in the English-speaking world it represents a 19th-century Latinization of Dorothy, or a learned reborrowing. Cognates: Danish: Dorete, Dort(h)e. Polish, Czech: Dorota. Hungarian: Dorottya.

Pet forms: Dutch: Doortje. Polish: Dosia.

A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507

Answer 2

Dorothy was from Kansas, USA.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Greece.

It means gift of God in Greek

Dorothy is the feminine version of Theodore, which also means gift of God.

Some versions of Dorothy are Doe...Dolly...Doretta...Dorrit...Dotty.

Answer 5

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Dorothy

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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