Name meaning & stats
Dora
Dora means “gift of God” (Ancient Greek origin). 37,356 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“gift of God”
Ancient GreekPet form of Dorothy
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
37,356 US babies were named Dora between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dora (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Dora is the main spelling
- Dora 97%
- Doria 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)