Doretha - Meaning of Doretha

What does Doretha mean?

[ 3 syll. do-ret-ha, dor-e-tha ] The baby girl name Doretha is pronounced as DAOEReh-THaa †. Doretha has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in English. Doretha is a variant form of the English Dorothy.

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Doretha is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1932 with 0.016% of baby girls being named Doretha. It was #501 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a substantial decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. In 2018, among the family of girl names directly related to Doretha, Dorothy was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Doretha include Derorit, Dhruti, Doretta, Dorota, Dorotha, Dorothée, Dorothy, Dorthea, Dorotea, Dorothea, Dorothya, Dareth, Darthy, Deroit, Dhriti, Dhrti, Dorathy, Dordei, Dordi, and Dordie.

† Pronunciation for Doretha: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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