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Surname Etymology and Meaning of DOROTHY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Dorchiadhe (see Darcy).
2. Perhaps also an Americanized form of some European family name, for example French Dorothée, derived from a Greek female name composed of the elements doron ‘gift’ + theos ‘god’ (the same elements as Theodora, but in reverse order).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)