Dorthea - Meaning of Dorthea

What does Dorthea mean?

[ 3 syll. dor-(t)hea, do-rth-ea ] The baby girl name Dorthea is pronounced as Daoer-DHIY-aa- or DAOER-DHiy-ah- †. Dorthea is mainly used in the English language and its language of origin is Old Greek. Dorthea is a variant form of the English name Dorothy.

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Dorthea is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1921, 0.005% of baby girls were given the name Dorthea. It ranked at #885 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. In 2018, within the group of girl names directly linked to Dorthea, Dorothy was the most widely used.

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

† Pronunciation for Dorthea: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; DH as in "they (DH.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"



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