🔥Dorothy

English variation of Greek Dorothea

"gift of God"

Dorothy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Dodie

Dorothy Rank in US Top 1000

# 431 in the US

Dorothy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 321 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Dorothy

• 431 US 2024
• 321 Nameberry 2025
• 314 Future 2028
• 194 England 2024

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Famous People Named Dorothy

• Dorothy Stuart Hamill American Olympic figure skater
• Dorothy Day American journalist and social activist
• Dorothy Parker American poet and author
• Dorothy Thompson American journalist and radio broadcaster
• Dorothy Jean Dandridge American actress
• Dorothy Hackett McGuire American actress
• Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Slaton) American actress and singer
• Dorothy Leigh Sayers English novelist
• Dorothy Catherine Anstett Miss USA 1968
• Dorothy Kathleen Benham Miss America 1977
• Dorothy Lee (born Marjorie Millsap) American actress/comedian
• Dorothy Compton American voice actress
• (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway American actress
• Dorothy Elizabeth Gish American actress
• Dorothy Kilgallen American journalist
• Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer American actress
• Dorothy Mary Hodgkin British biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize
• Dorothy Irene Height American civil rights activist
• Dorothy Fields American librettist and lyricist
• Dorothy Brower Barkley wife of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkely
• Dorothy "Dodie" Clark Youtuber
• Dorothy Wang American TV personality on Rich Kids of Beverly Hills
• Dorothy Seven Gee (b. 2012) from the Bucket List Family (Travel vloggers)
• Dorothy Vaughn American NASA computer programmer featured in film "Hidden Figures"
• Rose Dorothy Dauriac (b. 2014) daughter of actress Scarlett Johansson & Romain Dauriac

The name Dorothy in Pop Culture

• Dorothy Gale main character in L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz".
• Dorothy Zbornak character on TV's "Golden Girls" .
• Dorothy Boyd character in movie "Jerry Maguire".
• Miss Dorothy character in musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
• Dorothy Elmo's pet goldfish on TV's "Sesame Street".
• Dorothy Jane Torkelson character on TV's "The Torkelsons".
• Dorothy character in the anime M.A.R.
• Dorothy the Dinosaur character in Australian children's music group The Wiggles.
• Dorothy fairy in animated TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom".
• Dorothy de Vere character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series.
• "Friend of Dorothy " code for a homosexual.
• Dorothy Perkins a women’s fashion retailer based in the United Kingdom.
• Dorothy Williams a character from the tv show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
• Dorothy aka Destiny character in the 2019 film "Hustlers"