Dorothy (given name)

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Dorothy Given Name
Gender	Female
Meaning	Gift of God
Origin	Greek
Related names	Theodore, Dottie
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Dorothy

Dorothy is a female given name from Greek Δωροθεα (Dōrothea) ("gift of the gods"). Although much less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as "Dorie" from the Greek masculine Δωροθεος (Dōrotheos). Also, the given name Theodore is derived from the same two Greek root words as Dorothy, reversed in order. Dorothy may refer to:

In Christianity:

• Dorothy Stang (1931-2005), catholic nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

In fiction:

• Dorothy Catalonia, a character from the Gundam Wing anime series.
• Dorothy Gale, little girl who was blown to the Land of Oz by a cyclone in L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the classic 1939 movie adaptation The Wizard of Oz
• Dorothy Michaels (Michael D'Orsay), female role in the 1982 comedy film Tootsie, played by Dustin Hoffman.
• Dorothy Zbornak, played by Bea Arthur on the long-running TV sitcom The Golden Girls
• R. Dorothy Wayneright, female android in the anime series Big O
• Dorothy Ortega inventor of Ortega Mexican Foods.

In other fields:

• Dorothy Catherine Fontana, screenplay writer
• Dorothy Wordsworth, the favourite sister of William Wordsworth
• Dorothy Stoneman, the founder of YouthBuild
• Dorothy Scharf, English philanthropist
• Dorothy Lee, 1930s American actress-comedian
• Dorothy Dandridge Acadmey Award nominated Actress
• Dorothy Parker, American poet
• Dorothy Hodgkin, British biochemist,a winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Dorothy Sterling, American writer