Dora

Where Dora comes from

A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dora
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Dora through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #51 among girls, with 524 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Dora Boothby born
    English badminton and tennis player
  3. 1881
    Peak, #46
    585 babies named Dora, its best rank.
  4. 1893
    Dora Carrington born
    British painter, photographer and decorative artist
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #629.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Dora Carrington · British painter, photographer and decorative artist, 1893–1932
  • Dora Boothby · English badminton and tennis player, 1881–1970
  • Dora Gabe · Bulgarian poet, 1885–1983
  • Dora Bryan · British actress of stage, film and television, 1923–2014
  • Dora Ratjen · German high jumper, 1918–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.