Dora

Greek
"gift"

Dora Origin and Meaning

The name Dora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift".

Dora is poised for a comeback, right behind Laura, Nora, Cora, and Flora. First-time parents who haven't watched cartoons in a couple of decades should be aware of the Dora the Explorer connection, which has its pluses and minuses.

Dora became popular during the Victorian era largely via Dora Spenlow, the "child-wife of Dickens's David Copperfield. Two noted real-life bearers were Dora Maar (born Henriette), a Picasso model and muse, and Dora Carrington, a British painter who was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. The name suffered a bit of a setback from being the title of the long-running comic strip, Dumb Dora..

While Dora can stand on its own, it can also be short for Dorothea, Dorothy, or Theodora. Dory is a cute diminutive.

# 972 in the US

Dora Rank in US Top 1000

# 1272 on Nameberry

Dora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Dora Popularity

Famous People Named Dora

  • Dora May Bryan
    English actress and comedienne
  • Dora Gaitskell
    Baroness Gaitskell, British politician
  • Dora Pejačević
    Croatian composer
  • Dora Meeson
    Australian painter
  • Dora Mavor Moore
    Canadian actress
  • Dora Maar (born Henriette Theodora Markovitch)
    French painter and muse of Picasso
  • Dora de Houghton Carrington
    English painter
  • Dora Anastasiou
    Miss Cyprus 2007
  • Dora Altmann
    German actress
  • Dora
    Countess Russell, British feminist author; wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell
  • Dora Petrova Gabe
    Bulgarian poet
  • Theodora "Dora" Bakoyannis
    Greek politician
  • Dorothy "Dora" Wordsworth
    daughter of poet William Wordsworth

Dora in Pop Culture

  • Dora Marquez
    main character in animated series "Dora the Explorer"
  • Dora Winifred "D.W." Reed
    a main character in the Arthur series
  • Dora
    character in Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield"
  • Dick and Dora
    main characters in a series of British primary (elementary) school reading textbooks
  • 'Doomsday' Dora Petty
    character on animated series Sparticle Mystery
  • Dora Lacey
    character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton; twin sister Daphne