Dora (given name)

Dora (Greek: Δώρα) is a female name of Greek origin being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea (Dorothy), Theodora[1] meaning "Gift" or in its full form "God's Gift", from δῶρον, doron, "gift"[2] + θεός, theos, "god".[3] The name Dora can also be a short form of Isadora, Isidora and other such compound names.[4] The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀈𐀨, do-ra, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural (δῶρα) of said word;[5] on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra, and 𐀀𐀠𐀈𐀨, a-pi-do-ra, respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. Amphidoros, is also found: 𐀀𐀠𐀈𐀫, a-pi-do-ro.[6]

In the Russian language, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name Agafodor.[7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Dora, Behind the Name
  2. ↑ δῶρον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  3. ↑ θεός in Liddell and Scott.
  4. ↑ As reflected in the article on Newton E. Mason about his wife or in the film Isadora about dancer Isadora Duncan, where her stage name is "Peppy Dora".
  5. ↑ "The Linear B word do-ra". Palaeolexicon. Word study tool of ancient languages. Raymoure, K.A. "do-ra-qe". Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Deaditerranean.
  6. ↑ "te-o-do-ra-qe". Raymoure, K.A. "a-pi-do-ra". Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Deaditerranean.
  7. ↑ Superanskaya, p. 24

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