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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #51 among girls — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.