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Doretta

What does Doretta mean?

Doretta Pronunciation of Doretta as a girls' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Doretta is "gift from God". Variant of Dora or Theodora. Also form of Dorothy.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Do-, -ta

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, gift

Variations

RELATIONS VIA DORA, THEODORA Dora, Doralia, Dore, Dorea, Doree, Doreen, Doreina, Dorelia, Dorelle, Dorena, Dorene, Dorette, Doreyda, Doria, Dorina, Dorinda, Dorita, Dorlisa

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Doretta Mikayla (D.M.), ..

How popular is Doretta?

Doretta is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#3085 out of 4276, Top 72%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Doretta reached its highest position of #1176 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Doretta name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Doretta outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Doretta are Dorothy (#586 LAST YEAR), Theodora (#1405), Dora, Doreen, Dorene and Dorinda. These relations of Doretta were favored as baby names a century ago (ADOPTION OF 3.3%) and have become much less popular since, with forms like Dorothy going out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Doretta, Dora, Doreen, Dorene, Dorinda in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dorothy, Theodora in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Doretta and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Doretta is alike in pronunciation to Dorota and Dorotea. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Amoretta, Aretta, Bretta, Caretta, Coetta, Coletta, Conetta, Coretta, Corretta, Corvetta, Cosetta, Darnetta, Detta, Dionetta, Donetta, Dorit, Doritha, Doritt, Dorotha, Dorothea, Dorrit, Dortha, Dorthea, Dorthy, Dreda, Floretta, Gretta, Joetta, Joletta, Jonetta, Jorjetta, Josetta, Koretta, Korette, Laretta, Leretta (see Loretta), Loletta, Loreta, Loretta, Lorette, Lorretta, Lowretta (see Loretta), Maretta, Oretta, Robetta (see Roberta) and Rosetta. These names tend to be less frequently used than Doretta.

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