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Origin of the name DOROTHEA.
Etymology of the
name DOROTHEA.
Meaning of the baby name DOROTHEA.
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DOROTHEA (Δωροθέα).
Feminine form of Greek Dorotheos
and Latin Dorotheus,
meaning "gift of God." Usage: America, Australia, Canada,
Denmark, England, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel (דורותיאה),
Norway, Prussia.
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1571), was consort of
Christian III and Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. Dorothea
Katherine Lambert Chambers (d. 1960), was an English tennis player.
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757), was a Queen consort in Prussia as
wife of Frederick William I. Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (d.
1968), was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Dorothea Tanning,
an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer. Dorothea
Jordan (d. 1816), was an Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress of the
Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV. (Wiki)
It is the beauty of the legend of
St. Dorothea that has made her name so great a favorite. Never did
pious fancy form a more beautiful dream than the story of the Cappadocian
maiden, who sent the roses of paradise by angelic hands as a convincing
testimony of the joy that she was reaping. The tale is of western
growth, and the chief centre of St. Dorothea's popularity as a patroness
was in Germany; but the name was likewise in great favor in England, where
Massinger composed a drama on her story. (History of Christian Names,
Yonge, 1884)
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