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Dora (given name)

Dora () is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea (Dorothy) and Theodora (masculine Theodore), meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from , doron, "gift" + , theos, "god". The name Dora can also be a short form of other names containing -dora such as Eudora and Isadora (Isidora). Dora was used as an English equivalent for the name Doirend or Doireann in Ireland. Doreen, Dorian, and Dorinda are other examples of names from the same root form.

The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek , dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural () of said word; on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as , te-o-do-ra, and , a-pi-do-ra, respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. Amphidoros, is also found: , a-pi-do-ro.

In Albanian, dora means "hand". In Russian, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name Agafodor.

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  • Dora Finch (1877–1943), British matron

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  • Dora Wahlroos (1870–1947), Finnish painter
  • Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), Jewish-Canadian actress, playwright and theater director
  • Dora Werzberg (1920–2020), French nurse
  • Dora V. Wheelock (1847–1923), American activist and writer
  • Dora Wilcox (1873–1953), New Zealand-born Australian poet and playwright
  • Dora Wiley (1853–1924), American actress
  • Dora Wilson (1883–1946), British-born Australian artist
  • Dora Wordsworth (1804–1847), daughter of William Wordsworth

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  • Dora Yates (1879–1974), bibliographer and Romani scholar

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  • А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.