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Dora (Greek: Δώρα) is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea and Theodora (masculine Theodore), [1] [2] meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from δῶρον, doron, "gift" [3] + θεός, theos, "god". [4] The name Dora can also be a short form of Isadora (Isidora).
The name Dorothy (Greek: Δωροθέα, Dōrothea) contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003 ...
Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. ... Dora (given name) Dorothea; E. Eftychia; Ekaterini ...
An alternative name for Pandora attested on a white-ground kylix (ca. 460 BCE) is Anesidora, which similarly means "she who sends up gifts." This vase painting clearly depicts Hephaestus and Athena putting the finishing touches on the first woman, as in the Theogony. Written above this figure (a convention in Greek vase painting) is the name ...
Dorotheus [pronunciation?] or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek Dōrótheos (Δωρόθεος), meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god". [1] Its feminine counterpart is Dorothea, (Dorothy). Theodore means the same, with the root words in reverse order.
Dora (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters Dora (case study) , pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to Ida Bauer (1882–1945), a patient he treated Sister Dora , Anglican nun and nurse Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison (1832–1878)
Although much less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as Dory, from the Greek masculine Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos). Dorofei is a rarely used Russian male version of the name. [4] The given names Theodore and Theodora are derived from the same two Greek root words as Dorothy, albeit reversed in order.
Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". [1] In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy. [2] People with this name include: