Dorothea

Pronunciation: doh-rə-THEE-ə (key)

Names related to Dorothea: Dora, Dorothy, Dot, Dottie, Thea, Dorotha

A borrowing of the Greek Dōrothea, a compound name composed of the elements dōron (gift) and theos (God): hence, "gift of God."

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Nicknames for Dorothea: | Edit: Darcy, Dot, Dottie, Dora, Thea, Dory, Dorothy, Dor
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Famous real-life people named Dorothea: | Edit: Dorothea Dix: 19th century American activist
Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer and photo-journalist during the depression.
Saint Dorothea of Alexandria and Saint Dorothea of Caesarea, virgin martyrs venerated by the Catholic Church.
Dorothea Douglass, English tennis player.
Dorothea Bate, British palaeontologist.
Dorothea Church, pioneering African-American fashion model.
Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer.
Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet.
Dorothea in song, story & screen: | Edit: Dorothea Brooke, protagonist of in George Eliot's novel Middlemarch.