Dorathea

The Dorathea spelling moves this name away from the classic Dorothea and toward a smoosh name -- a name created by combining two separate names, in this case Dora and Thea. If you're honoring a Dora or plan to use this shortened version every day, this spelling might make sense. But as with many variant spellings of classic names, this version will condemn you to a lifetime of correcting other people's spelling, and other people assuming you or your child don't know how to spell their own name.

Pronounced dor-uh-THEE-uh.

As of October 2026, Dorathea ranked #5991 in US births in 1966 SSA, peaked at #765 in 1883.