Dorothea

Dorothea
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Gift of God
Other names
Related names	Dorothy, Dora, Dot, Dottie, Dolly, Theodora

Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy.

People with this name include:

Aristocracy

Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), Duchess consort of Milan
Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591–1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau
Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage
Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation)
Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia
Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess
Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage

Saints

Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr
Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists
Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary

Other people

First name

Dorothea Bate (1878–1951), Welsh palaeontologist
Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician
Dorotea van Fornenbergh (fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress
Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
Dorothea Brooking (1916–1999), British children's television producer and director
Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), British tennis and badminton player
Dorothea H. Denslow (1900–1971), American sculptor, educator
Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player
Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright
Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany
Dorothea Ewart (1870–1956), British historian
Dorothea Fairbridge (1860–1931), South African novelist
Dorothea Gerard (1855–1915), Scottish novelist
Dorothea Hoffman (d. 1710), Swedish hat maker
Dorothea Hooper (1932–2024), American politician
Dorothea Barth Jörgensen (born 1990), Swedish fashion model
Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower
Dorothea Kent (1916–1990), American actress
Dorothea Kliche-Behnke (born 1981), German politician
Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), American astronomer
Dorothea Knighton (1780–1862), English painter
Dorothea Köhler (born 1943), German conductor and music educator
Dorothea Köring (1880–1945), German tennis player
Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
Dorothea Kreß (1924–2018), German shot putter
Dorothea Krook-Gilead (1920–1989), Israeli literary scholar
Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist
Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet
Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer
Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee
Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain
Dorothea Nelson (1903–1994), American librarian
Dorothea Nicolai (born 1962), German costume designer, stage designer
Dorothea Ostrelska (fl. 1577) Swedish court dwarf
Dorothea Phillips (born 1928), British actress
Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer
Dorothea Röschmann (born 1967), German soprano
Dorothea Schwarz (born 2005), Austrian luger
Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller
Dorothea Waddingham (1899–1936), English murderer
Dorothea Wieck (1908–1986), German actress
Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete
Dorothea Widmer (1758–1781), Swiss victim of spousal abuse and murderer
Dorothea Wyss (c. 1430/32–after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland
Dorothee Bär (born 1968), German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU)
Dorothee Hess-Maier, semi-retired German publisher
Dorothee Kern (born 1966), German biochemist and academic, former basketball player for the East German team
Dorothee Mields (born 1971), German soprano concert singer
Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003), German liberation theologian
Dorothee Stapelfeldt (born 1956), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Dorothea Juliana Wallich (1657–1725), German alchemist

Middle name

Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 1954), former Chancellor of Germany
Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist

Single name

Dorothée (born 1953) French singer and television presenter

Fictional characters

Dorothea Arnault, in the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

References

↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Dorothea". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Dorothy". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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[1] Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Dorothea". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[2] Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Dorothy". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 February 2023.