Dorothea
Dorothea (also spelled Dorothée, Dorotea or other variants) is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:
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| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | Gift of God |
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| Related names | Dorothy, Dora, Dot, Dottie, Dolly, Theodora |
People
- Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Dorothea Brooking (1916–1999), British children's television producer and director
- Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
- Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player
- Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright
- Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany
- Dorothea Fairbridge (1860–1931), South African novelist
- Dorothea Gerard (1855–1915), Scottish novelist
- Dorothea Hoffman (d. 1710), Swedish hat maker
- Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
- Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower
- Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
- Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist
- Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet
- Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer
- Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee
- Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain
- Dorothea Ostrelska (fl. 1577) Swedish court dwarf
- Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer
- Dorothea Röschmann (born 1967), German soprano
- Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
- Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller
- Dorothea Waddingham (1899–1936), English murderer
- Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete
- Dorothea Wyss (c. 1430/32–after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland
- Dorothée (born 1953) French singer and television presenter
- Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
- Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), Polish artist
- Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician
- Dorotea van Fornenbergh (fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress
- Doda (singer), (born Dorota Rabczewska; 1984), Polish singer-songwriter and actress
- Angela Merkel (born 1954), Chancellor of Germany, whose middle name is Dorothea
- Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist
Saints
- Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr
- Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists
- Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary
Aristocracy
- Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
- Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan
- Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591-1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
- Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau
- Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage
- Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess
- Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
- Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation)
- Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia
- Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
- Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
- Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess
- Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
- Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
- Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
- Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
- Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
Fictional characters
- Dorothea Arnault, a character from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Dorothea Brooke, the heroine in the novel Middlemarch
- Dorotea, woman discovered in the Sierra Morena by Cardenio in Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote
- Dorothea, the subject of the song of the same name written by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
- Dorotea Benedetti, a character from the novel Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Nautical
- HMS Santa Dorothea (1798), frigate
- USS Dorothea (1898), gunboat
- USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), transport ship
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