Dot (given name)

Dot is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Dorothy, and a nickname. It may refer to:

Women:

• Dot Allison (born 1969), Scottish singer and songwriter
• Dot Bailey (1916–2009), New Zealand cricketer
• Dot Farley (1881–1971), American film actress
• Dot Germain (born 1947), American retired LPGA golfer
• Dot Laughton (1913–1982), Australian cricketer
• Dot Lemon (1907–1986), early American aviator and barnstormer
• Dot Moore (1914–2007), American television personality
• Dot Richardson (born 1961), American physician, softball coach and former player
• Dot Wilkinson (born 1921), American former softball player and bowler, member of the Halls of Fame of both sports

Men:

• Dot Fulghum (1900–1947), American Major League Baseball player in the 1921 season

Fictional characters:

• a title character of Dot and the Kangaroo, an 1899 children's book by Ethel C. Pedley
• a title character of Dot and Tot of Merryland, a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum
• Dot, in the 1998 movie A Bug's Life
• Dot, in the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George
• Little Dot, a comic book character
• Dot and Dash, an animated girl and animated boy appearing as the PBS idents
• Dot Branning, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Dot Cotton, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Dot Matrix (ReBoot), on the television series ReBoot
• Dot Warner, on the animated television show Animaniacs
• Dot C. the titular protagonist of the television series Dot.

See also

• Dots Miller (1886-1923), American Major League Baseball player
• Dottie, another given name