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Meaning & Origins
19th-century coinage, representing a short form of Isidora, Theodora, Dorothy, and any other name containing the Greek word dōron ‘gift’. Wordsworth's daughter (1804–47), christened Dorothy, was always known in adult life as Dora. The name's popularity was enhanced by the character of Dora Spenlow in Dickens's novel David Copperfield (1850).
| 555th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, and Irish: descriptive nickname for someone of swarthy complexion or hair, or else someone with a pale complexion or hair (see Black).
| 2,395th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Dorah, Dorae, Doray, Dorai, Dori, Doraa, Dorie, Dory, Dorrie, Doria
Black, Blackwell, Blackburn, Blackmon, Blackwood, Blackford, Blackstone, Blackmore, Blackshear, Blackstock
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