Forename Dorothy

Worldwide, Dorothy (Dorothy , ドロシー , דורותי , among others...) is a widespread feminine given name. The forename Dorothy is characteristic of Guam, where it is a common girly name, the United States, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a common female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. Very seldom, Dorothy is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Dorothy

name Δωροθέα, name Dorothee, name Доротея, name ドロシー, name Dorothie, name Dorothea, name Doll, name 多萝西, name Dace, name Dorotea, name Доротхы, name Dorinda, name 迪娅, name Dea, name Doll Up, name דורותיאה, name Dorothy, name Дороті, name Dolly, name Dora, name דורותי, name Doroteja, name Дарота, name Дорота, name Dorota, name Dorothée, name Dôrothy, name Дороти, name 朵西, name Деа, name โดโรธี, name ドロタ, name Dórothy

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Dorothy	South Africa, Kenya, United Kingdom, United States, Ghana
ドロシー	Japan
דורותי	Israel
多萝西	China
Дороти	Russia
Дороті	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Dace, Dea, Doll, Doll Up, Dolly, Dora, Dorinda, Dorota, Dorotea, Doroteja, Dorothea, Dorothee, Dorothie, Dorothée, Dórothy, Dôrothy, Δωροθέα, Дарота, Деа, Дорота, Доротея, Доротхы, דורותיאה, โดโรธี, ドロタ, 朵西, and 迪娅

First name Dorothy in the context

Dorothy is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dorothy Gale , the fictional protagonist of many of the Oz novels by the American author L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Dorothy the Dinosaur , the The Wiggles character; Dorothy Heywood , the fictional character from the television series Legends of Tomorrow; Dorothy Spinner , the DC Comics character, Doom Patrol and Dorothy Zbornak , the Fictional television character, The Golden Girls, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	dorothy boteler Peerage person ID=701148 (b. 1462)
	dorothy bray English noble, GB (b. 1524)
	dorothy stafford English noblewoman and courtier (1526-1604), GB (b. 1526)
	dorothy grey (1480-1552) (b. 1480)
	dorothy wadham Founder of an Oxford College; (1534-1618) (b. 1534)
	dorothy babington Peerage person ID=698781 (b. 1487)
	dorothy vernon (died 1584) (b. 1545)
	dorothy neville Peerage person ID=16646 (b. 1496)
	dorothy marrow Peerage person ID=326151 (b. 1500)
	dorothy spelman Peerage person ID=631117 (b. 1508)
	dorothy boothe Peerage person ID=327713 (b. 1510)
	dorothy mordaunt (1512-1561) (b. 1512)
	dorothy percy, countess of northumberland English noble, GB (b. 1564)
	dorothy tindall Peerage person ID=407536 (b. 1518)
	dorothy badby (1520-1594) (b. 1519)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Parker, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Nelson, Harris, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Stewart, Collins, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Mitchell, Anderson, Campbell, Phillips, Robinson, Thompson, Bailey, Cooper, Carter, Miller, Cook, Bell, King, Hall, Hill, Moore, Scott, Smith, Allen, Adams, Williams, Clark, Brown, Davis, Green, Lewis, Jones, Evans, White, Young, Martin, Morris, Baker, and Richardson