Dorothea
Dorothea is a female given name and synonymous with the female given name Theodora .
For the male form of the first name, see Theodor and Dorotheos .
Origin and meaning
The name Dorothea is composed of the Greek words δώρον doron for 'gift', 'gift' and Θεα thea for 'goddess' and therefore means gift from the goddess or gift of God .
Name days
- The February 6th is the day of remembrance of the Holy Dorothea ( Catholic and Orthodox ).
- In Minden , March 11th is also name day , the arrival of the bones of St. Dorothea.
- In Metz , March 12th is also name day, the transfer of the bones of St. Dorothea.
- The June 25 is the anniversary of the Dorothea von Montau (Catholic).
variants
- Dodo, Doda, Dora, Dore, Dorel, Dorett , Dudu, Dori, Dodi, Dorle, Dorchen, Donia, Dosi, Dorota
- Dorika , Dorina , Dorinda , Dorle , Dorli , Doreen
- Doro , Dö , Dorothe , Dorothee, Dorothéa
- Doris , Theodora , Tea , Thea , Téa
- Danish : Ditte , Dorrit
- English : Dolly , Dollie , Dorothy , Doreen
- Estonian : Tiia , Tiiu
- Finnish : Terhi
- French : Dorette , Dorothée
- Irish : Doreen
- Italian : Dorotea
- Croatian : Dorotea (short form: Tea), Doroteja
- Macedonian : Doroteja
- Polish : Dorota, Dorotha
- Portuguese : Doroté
- Romansh : Turitea, Turteia
- Russian : Daria, Darja , Dorofeja
- Swedish : Dorit , Dorrit , Dorith
- Serbian : Doroteja
- Slovenian : Doroteja
- Spanish : Dorotea, Dorinda
- Czech : Dorota, Dora, Dorka, Doris, Teodora
- Hungarian: : Dorottya
- Bulgarian :: Doroteja
- Greek : Dorothea, Theodora
Well-known namesake
- Dorothea von Montau (1347-1394), Catholic saint
- Dorothea of Denmark and Norway (1520–1580), by marriage Countess Palatine near the Rhine
- Dorothea von Ahlefeldt (1586–1647), landlady of Kollmar, Drage, Heiligenstedten and owner of Heiligenstedten Castle
- Dorothea Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1596–1643), Margravine of Brandenburg
- Dorothea von Brandenburg , several people
- Dorothea of Saxony , several people
- Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636–1689), Electress of Brandenburg
- Dorothea von Pfalz-Simmern (1581–1631), by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
- Dorothea von Pfalz-Veldenz (1658–1723), by marriage to the Duchess of Zweibrücken
- Dorothea Christiane Erxleben (1715–1762), first German female doctor with a doctorate
- Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1815), French-German storyteller
- Dorothea of Courland (1761–1821), Duchess of Courland
- Dorothea Friederike Schlegel (1764–1839), German literary critic and writer
- Dorothea Schlözer (1770–1825), German philosopher
- Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841), German translator, including the dramas of Shakespeare
- Dorothea Douglass (1878-1960), British tennis player
- Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886–1930), Hamburg artist
- Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), superintendent of the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Dorothea Kreß (1924–2018), German athlete
- Dorothea Kobs-Lehmann (1930–2014), German painter
- Dorothea Dieckmann (* 1957), German writer and journalist
- Dorothee Pesch (* 1964), German rock singer
- Dorothea Röschmann (* 1967), German opera singer
- Dorothee Oberlinger (* 1969), German recorder player and music college teacher
- Dorothee Hartinger (* 1971), German actress
- Dorothea Maria von Sachsen-Weimar (1641–1675), by marriage duchess of the Electoral Saxon secondary school principality of Sachsen-Zeitz
- Dorothea Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg (1587–1645), abbess of the empire-direct and free-worldly monastery Quedlinburg
- Dorothea Susanne von der Pfalz (1544–1592), by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Weimar
- Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz (1691–1743), by marriage Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
- Dorothea Schenck (* 1971), German actress
- Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003), Protestant theologian
- Dorothée (* 1953), French singer
Dorothea as a middle name
- Angela Dorothea Merkel (* 1954), German politician and Federal Chancellor
- Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867–1932), by marriage to the Duchess of Orléans
- Maria Dorothea von Württemberg (1797–1855), by marriage Archduchess of Austria
- Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1666–1726), known as Princess von Ahlden
- Sophie Dorothea von Hannover (1687–1757), from 1713 queen in Prussia
Fictitious persons and other namesake
- Hermann and Dorothea , an epic by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- (339) Dorothea is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt discovered by Max Wolf
- Frigate Dorothea , two Kurbrandenburg warships named after the second wife of the Great Elector (1678–1681 and 1682–1692)
- Dorothea mine , Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- The Dorli , fictional character and title
See also
Wiktionary: Dorothea - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
