Name meaning & stats
Dorthy
Dorthy means “gift of God” (Ancient Greek origin). 6,855 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“gift of God”
Ancient GreekSpelling of Dorothy
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
6,855 US babies were named Dorthy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dorthy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 41 Dorothys spell it Dorthy
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)