as a First Name
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 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 89,249
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Texas
- has the most people named Dora per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
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62%
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55+
31%
30-54
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4%
13-29
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3%
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