Dorothea name - Meaning of Dorothea

Dorothea name - Meaning of Dorothea

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
5
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Usage
German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, English, Late Greek
Pronounced
do-ro-TE-ah (German) , dawr-ə-THEE-ə (English)
Dorothea Meaning
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos) , which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god". Dorothea was the name of two early saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.

Dorothea Related Names
Variants: Dorte, Dorthe, Dorete (Danish), Dorothy, Dortha, Dorthy (English)
Diminutives: Thea (German), Dörthe (Low German), Dora (Dutch), Ditte, Dorit, Ea, Tea, Thea (Danish), Ea, Tea, Thea (Norwegian), Dee, Dodie, Dolly, Dora, Dory, Dot, Dottie, Dotty, Thea (English)
Masculine Form: Dorotheos (Late Greek)
Other Languages: Dorotea, Doroteja, Dora, Tea (Croatian), Dorota (Czech), Dorotea, Tea, Teija, Tiia (Finnish), Dorothée (French), Dorottya, Dóra, Dorika, Dorina (Hungarian), Dorotea (Italian), Dorotėja, Urtė (Lithuanian), Doroteja (Macedonian), Dorota, Dosia (Polish), Doroteia (Portuguese), Dorotéia (Portuguese (Brazilian) ), Doroteja, Dora (Serbian), Dorota (Slovak), Doroteja, Tea, Teja (Slovene), Dorotea, Dora, Dorita (Spanish), Dorotea, Ea, Tea, Thea (Swedish)


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