Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy.
People with this name include:
Aristocracy Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), Duchess consort of Milan Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591–1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation) Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645) Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967) Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
Saints Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary
Other people
First name Dorothea Bate (1878–1951), Welsh palaeontologist Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician Dorotea van Fornenbergh (fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes Dorothea Brooking (1916–1999), British children's television producer and director
Dorothea H. Denslow (1900–1971), American sculptor, educator Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany
Dorothea Fairbridge (1860–1931), South African novelist Dorothea Gerard (1855–1915), Scottish novelist Dorothea Hoffman (d. 1710), Swedish hat maker Dorothea Hooper (1932–2024), American politician Dorothea Barth Jörgensen (born 1990), Swedish fashion model Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower
Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), American astronomer
Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain Dorothea Nelson (1903–1994), American librarian Dorothea Nicolai (born 1962), German costume designer, stage designer Dorothea Ostrelska (fl. 1577) Swedish court dwarf Dorothea Phillips (born 1928), British actress Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer Dorothea Röschmann (born 1967), German soprano Dorothea Schwarz (born 2005), Austrian luger Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller Dorothea Waddingham (1899–1936), English murderer Dorothea Wieck (1908–1986), German actress Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete Dorothea Widmer (1758–1781), Swiss victim of spousal abuse and murderer Dorothea Wyss (–after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland Dorothee Bär (born 1968), German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) Dorothee Hess-Maier, semi-retired German publisher Dorothee Kern (born 1966), German biochemist and academic, former basketball player for the East German team Dorothee Mields (born 1971), German soprano concert singer Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003), German liberation theologian Dorothee Stapelfeldt (born 1956), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Dorothea Juliana Wallich (1657–1725), German alchemist
Middle name Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 1954), former Chancellor of Germany Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist
Single name Dorothée (born 1953) French singer and television presenter
Fictional characters
Dorothea Arnault, in the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
See also Doda (singer), (born Dorota Rabczewska; 1984), Polish singer-songwriter and actress Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), Polish artist Dorothea (disambiguation) Dorothy (given name) Thea (name) Tea (given name)
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