Name meaning & stats
Dorothea
Dorothea (Ancient Greek origin). 11,015 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
11,015 US babies were named Dorothea between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dorothea (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 54% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)