Dorothie
Feminine · Greek roots · “gift of God”
Dorothie is Dorothy with an -ie ending, a spelling that looks a little French and says exactly the same name. It carries Dorothy's meaning, gift of God, and Dorothy's long company of bearers, in a form almost nobody else has.
How old is the name Dorothie?
Dorothie first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Dorothie alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Dorothie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Dorothie most popular?
Dorothie peaked in 1917, reaching #1337 nationally. See the whole 1917 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dorothea (Greek) to Dorothie
The story of Dorothie
Dorothea is a Greek name, and English has used it as Dorothy since the sixteenth century. Its French form is Dorothée, with an accented final e, and Dorothie stands halfway between the two: the English name with an ending that looks French. No record says whether any family meant it that way. What it brings is everything Dorothy brings, from its Greek meaning to its familiar short forms, in a spelling few others share.
Meaning
gift of God
Dorothie is a spelling of Dorothy, from the Greek Dorothea, joining doron, 'gift', and theos, 'god'. The -ie ending changes the look, not the name.
How the name formed
- DorotheaGreek
- Dorothy
- Dorothie
Related forms: Dorothée · Dorothea · Dorotea · Dorotea
Pronouncing Dorothie
DOR-uh-thee
Said exactly like Dorothy.
Nicknames for Dorothie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 192436 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1337reached in 1917
- Change vs 1952
- −14.3%6 in 1953, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dorothie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dorothée in French — related form
- Dorothea in German — related form
- Dorotea in Spanish — related form
- Dorotea in Italian — related form
Dorothies among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Dorothie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Dorothie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Carries the settled Greek meaning of Dorothy, gift of God.
- Comes with Dorothy's established short forms, Dot, Dottie and Dolly.
- Sounds entirely familiar while looking distinctive on paper.
- It will be taken for Dorothy misspelled and corrected on forms; the -ie will need pointing out.
- Some readers will try a French pronunciation because of the ending; it is said exactly like Dorothy.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dorothies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Dorothie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Dorothie in 2025?
- Dorothie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Dorothie with classmates?
- Dorothie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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