Dorothea

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Greek name Δωροθεα (Dorothea), a female form of Dorotheus [1]

Related Names

     
Dorathea ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Dorotea ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Dorotéa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Dorotha ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Dorothe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Dorothea ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Toroteija ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Vetora ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Ditte, Dora, Dorete, Doris, Dorit, Dorothy, Dorrit, Dorte, Dortea and Tea

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

6 February

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1419 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 182 965 0 0
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 83 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 25 61 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 370 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Dorothea.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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