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Dot

“God's gift”

feminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: English Danish
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Dot

Dot is a feminine given name documented in English and Danish. It is a form of Dorothy, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “God's gift”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “God's gift”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (8)

Wikidata Q77967775CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Dorothy (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Dot (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Dot is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dot’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 11 girls (rank 8860). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Dot

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 11; applications; Rank #8,860
Peak year: 1935; 46 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dot in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	6	817	observed
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	5	1,108	observed
1887	5	1,147	observed
1888	13	724	observed
1889	10	839	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	7	1,093	observed
1892	10	958	observed
1893	9	1,023	observed
1894	5	1,485	observed
1895	8	1,202	observed
1896	6	1,416	observed
1897	7	1,263	observed
1898	8	1,263	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	11	1,171	observed
1901	10	1,067	observed
1902	5	1,793	observed
1903	5	1,792	observed
1904	7	1,486	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	7	1,553	observed
1907	9	1,384	observed
1908	8	1,547	observed
1909	6	1,957	observed
1910	10	1,521	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,634	observed
1913	10	2,034	observed
1914	11	2,125	observed
1915	13	2,255	observed
1916	17	1,949	observed
1917	20	1,773	observed
1918	19	1,963	observed
1919	22	1,745	observed
1920	29	1,511	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	21	1,897	observed
1923	33	1,388	observed
1924	27	1,643	observed
1925	27	1,609	observed
1926	39	1,243	observed
1927	37	1,303	observed
1928	45	1,136	observed
1929	33	1,306	observed
1930	31	1,371	observed
1931	45	1,043	observed
1932	37	1,176	observed
1933	45	1,038	observed
1934	41	1,098	observed
1935	46	1,018	observed
1936	24	1,507	observed
1937	32	1,282	observed
1938	33	1,268	observed
1939	29	1,378	observed
1940	26	1,518	observed
1941	29	1,446	observed
1942	18	2,046	observed
1943	15	2,352	observed
1944	20	1,916	observed
1945	20	1,874	observed
1946	21	2,024	observed
1947	14	2,769	observed
1948	16	2,491	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	5	5,673	observed
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	6	5,325	observed
1957	12	3,489	observed
1958	15	3,085	observed
1959	16	2,980	observed
1960	15	3,212	observed
1961	11	4,009	observed
1962	11	4,011	observed
1963	7	5,296	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	9	10,545	observed
2019	6	13,799	observed
2020	7	12,142	observed
2021	5	15,251	observed
2022	10	9,680	observed
2023	5	15,194	observed
2024	8	11,122	observed
2025	11	8,860	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Dot” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Dot Jones
born 1964
athlete, actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dot Farley
1881–1971
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Dot with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q77967775CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Dorothy (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Dot (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Dot

Dot is a feminine given name documented in English and Danish. It is a form of Dorothy, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “God's gift”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “God's gift”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (8)

Wikidata Q77967775CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Dorothy (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Dot (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Dot is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dot’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 11 girls (rank 8860). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Dot

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 11; applications; Rank #8,860
Peak year: 1935; 46 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dot in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	6	817	observed
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	5	1,108	observed
1887	5	1,147	observed
1888	13	724	observed
1889	10	839	observed
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	7	1,093	observed
1892	10	958	observed
1893	9	1,023	observed
1894	5	1,485	observed
1895	8	1,202	observed
1896	6	1,416	observed
1897	7	1,263	observed
1898	8	1,263	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	11	1,171	observed
1901	10	1,067	observed
1902	5	1,793	observed
1903	5	1,792	observed
1904	7	1,486	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	7	1,553	observed
1907	9	1,384	observed
1908	8	1,547	observed
1909	6	1,957	observed
1910	10	1,521	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,634	observed
1913	10	2,034	observed
1914	11	2,125	observed
1915	13	2,255	observed
1916	17	1,949	observed
1917	20	1,773	observed
1918	19	1,963	observed
1919	22	1,745	observed
1920	29	1,511	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	21	1,897	observed
1923	33	1,388	observed
1924	27	1,643	observed
1925	27	1,609	observed
1926	39	1,243	observed
1927	37	1,303	observed
1928	45	1,136	observed
1929	33	1,306	observed
1930	31	1,371	observed
1931	45	1,043	observed
1932	37	1,176	observed
1933	45	1,038	observed
1934	41	1,098	observed
1935	46	1,018	observed
1936	24	1,507	observed
1937	32	1,282	observed
1938	33	1,268	observed
1939	29	1,378	observed
1940	26	1,518	observed
1941	29	1,446	observed
1942	18	2,046	observed
1943	15	2,352	observed
1944	20	1,916	observed
1945	20	1,874	observed
1946	21	2,024	observed
1947	14	2,769	observed
1948	16	2,491	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	6	4,833	observed
1952	13	3,040	observed
1953	5	5,673	observed
1954	6	5,148	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	6	5,325	observed
1957	12	3,489	observed
1958	15	3,085	observed
1959	16	2,980	observed
1960	15	3,212	observed
1961	11	4,009	observed
1962	11	4,011	observed
1963	7	5,296	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	9	10,545	observed
2019	6	13,799	observed
2020	7	12,142	observed
2021	5	15,251	observed
2022	10	9,680	observed
2023	5	15,194	observed
2024	8	11,122	observed
2025	11	8,860	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Dot Jones
born 1964
athlete, actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dot Farley
1881–1971
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q77967775CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: DotCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Dorothy (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Dot (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Dot

About Dot

Meaning in the sources

Where Dot is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Dot Jones

Dot Farley

Dottie

Dott

Dorothy

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Dot

About Dot

Meaning in the sources

Where Dot is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Dot Jones

Dot Farley

Dottie

Dott

Dorothy

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Dot

Meaning in the sources

Where Dot is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Dot Jones

Dot Farley

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Dottie

Dott

Dorothy

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Dot

Meaning in the sources

Where Dot is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Dot Jones

Dot Farley

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Dottie

Dott

Dorothy

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page