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What does Doretta mean?
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.
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(female)
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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)
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.
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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