Faroese use
Source-reporteda female given name, equivalent to English Dora
Source for this definition
- Dóra — Faroese definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A given name in Danish, Finnish and 4 more
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01 / Meaning & origin
Dóra is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Finnish, Faroese and 3 other languages.
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a female given name, equivalent to English Dora
a female given name, equivalent to English Dora
a diminutive of the female given name Dorottya
a female given name, short form of names ending in -dóra, such as Halldóra
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
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2017–2023 Spelling: Dóra
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Source: BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | 2 | 979 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 3 | 800 | observed |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Dóra” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Dora— “gift of God”
…The tale is of western growth, and the chief centre of St. Dorothea’s popularity as a patroness was in Germany; but the name was likewise in great favour in England, where Massinger composed a drama on her story. Dorothy was once one of the most usual of English names; and ‘Dolly’ was so constantly heard in every household, that it finally became the generic term for the wooden children that at least as late as the infancy of Elizabeth Stuart, were called babies or puppets.…
…The tale is of western growth, and the chief centre of St. Dorothea’s popularity as a patroness was in Germany; but the name was likewise in great favour in England, where Massinger composed a drama on her story. Dorothy was once one of the most usual of English names; and ‘Dolly’ was so constantly heard in every household, that it finally became the generic term for the wooden children that at least as late as the infancy of Elizabeth Stuart, were called babies or puppets. In the days of affectation, under the House of Hanover, Dorothy fell into disuse, but was regarded as of the same old Puritan character as Abigail or Tabitha. Probably from the influence of German literature, the German contraction Dora, or more properly Dore, has come in as almost an independent name, which, perhaps, ought to be translated as simply a gift, though often used as a contraction for Dorothea. The fashion has again come round, and Dorothy has become the favourite name. In the last century, Dorinda was a fashionable English fancy embellishment, Doralice a French one—perhaps from the German Dorlisa—Dorothea Elisa.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section II (Names from Theos) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Hungary — KSH published top 50 newborn first names, 2000 and 2025
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), from Ministry of Interior register data · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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