Dora Forename
940th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 960,987 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador
Dora Forename Definition:
Adapted from German Dore, a contraction of Dorothea. In English use, it is occasionally a shortening of Dorothea, but usually it is independent. (Gr., ‘gifts’). The most famous Dora in fiction is David Copperfield’s wife. Many puns have been made on ‘Dora’, an anagram for the Defence of the Realms Act, 1914: of which some foolish portions are allowed by a too patient people to remain.
Read More About This ForenameDora Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 141,330 | 1:878 | 174 |
| Colombia | 100% | 134,560 | 1:355 | 52 |
| Argentina | 100% | 125,158 | 1:342 | 84 |
| United States | 100% | 111,062 | 1:3,264 | 553 |
| Peru | 100% | 44,387 | 1:716 | 135 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 38,540 | 1:418 | 79 |
| Ghana | 99% | 30,846 | 1:875 | 198 |
| El Salvador | - | 27,819 | 1:228 | 33 |
| Germany | 100% | 27,332 | 1:3,537 | 438 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15,988 | 1:663 | 162 |
| Ecuador | - | 14,577 | 1:1,216 | 229 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13,756 | 1:2,196 | 332 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13,308 | 1:3,967 | 688 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,240 | 1:13,411 | 1,599 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12,689 | 1:16,884 | 1,637 |
| Cuba | - | 12,607 | 1:913 | 208 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12,056 | 1:600 | 128 |
| Portugal | - | 11,687 | 1:891 | 147 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10,737 | 1:821 | 144 |
| Italy | 100% | 10,111 | 1:6,039 | 495 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9,889 | 1:831 | 183 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9,563 | 1:629 | 115 |
| England | 100% | 8,195 | 1:6,785 | 628 |
| Indonesia | 79% | 6,743 | 1:38,257 | 5,013 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,266 | 1:8,703 | 1,532 |
| India | 70% | 5,591 | 1:217,292 | 22,102 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,224 | 1:6,343 | 907 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4,525 | 1:1,545 | 298 |
| Angola | 100% | 4,049 | 1:6,660 | 925 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,031 | 1:1,183 | 241 |
| Romania | 100% | 3,841 | 1:5,221 | 477 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,525 | 1:4,995 | 509 |
| Nepal | 81% | 3,377 | 1:8,436 | 995 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,181 | 1:1,078 | 192 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,163 | 1:3,298 | 523 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,863 | 1:32,100 | 2,110 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,834 | 1:1,378 | 269 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,828 | 1:7,642 | 1,010 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,355 | 1:2,127 | 347 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,265 | 1:20,543 | 1,199 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2,173 | 1:401 | 70 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,073 | 1:8,255 | 987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 1,993 | 1:4,090 | 436 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,956 | 1:23,262 | 378 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,917 | 1:15,884 | 1,655 |
| DR Congo | 58% | 1,630 | 1:45,293 | 3,040 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,580 | 1:6,921 | 477 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,566 | 1:2,693 | 401 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,192 | 1:14,180 | 1,524 |
| Denmark | - | 1,119 | 1:5,049 | 597 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,062 | 1:8,017 | 563 |
| Zambia | - | 1,059 | 1:14,971 | 1,441 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,045 | 1:10,995 | 1,137 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1,024 | 1:9,562 | 312 |
| China | - | 934 | 1:1,462,586 | 39,078 |
| Russia | 94% | 934 | 1:154,426 | 2,524 |
| Philippines | 99% | 925 | 1:114,605 | 6,141 |
| France | 100% | 880 | 1:75,534 | 1,896 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Gabon | 100% | 722 | 1:2,608 | 622 |
| Kenya | 98% | 616 | 1:75,174 | 4,418 |
| Moldova | 100% | 615 | 1:5,790 | 369 |
| Poland | 99% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 608 | 1:4,044 | 552 |
| Czechia | 100% | 586 | 1:18,185 | 550 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 497 | 1:31,034 | 3,086 |
| Uganda | 99% | 467 | 1:87,702 | 4,223 |
| Australia | - | 418 | 1:32,674 | 1,863 |
| Wales | 100% | 404 | 1:7,659 | 718 |
| Sweden | 100% | 393 | 1:25,084 | 1,632 |
| Jamaica | - | 381 | 1:7,568 | 975 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Ireland | 100% | 357 | 1:13,007 | 814 |
| Hong Kong | - | 347 | 1:22,342 | 2,174 |
| Scotland | 100% | 319 | 1:16,772 | 896 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 311 | 1:98,992 | 2,890 |
| Belize | 100% | 290 | 1:1,222 | 261 |
| Liberia | 99% | 247 | 1:17,863 | 1,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 244 | 1:29,286 | 1,562 |
| Cambodia | 76% | 239 | 1:68,089 | 3,617 |
| Benin | 100% | 192 | 1:55,083 | 4,170 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 189 | 1:7,203 | 1,154 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 188 | 1:97,763 | 5,366 |
| Norway | 100% | 181 | 1:28,355 | 1,480 |
| New Zealand | - | 171 | 1:26,527 | 1,847 |
| Thailand | 96% | 163 | 1:429,852 | 21,441 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 150 | 1:3,873 | 541 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 147 | 1:3,837 | 466 |
| Pakistan | 52% | 142 | 1:1,368,716 | 21,616 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 140 | 1:25,359 | 1,014 |
| Qatar | 100% | 135 | 1:17,553 | 2,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 135 | 1:52,978 | 4,806 |
| Singapore | 100% | 132 | 1:47,629 | 6,669 |
| Turkey | 58% | 129 | 1:603,114 | 7,715 |
| Latvia | 100% | 109 | 1:18,492 | 877 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 97 | 1:58,016 | 2,515 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 85 | 1:62,471 | 822 |
| Georgia | 100% | 80 | 1:46,731 | 2,374 |
| Guyana | 100% | 80 | 1:9,541 | 1,444 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Kazakhstan | 52% | 77 | 1:230,479 | 4,836 |
| Finland | 100% | 71 | 1:77,228 | 2,091 |
| Tunisia | - | 66 | 1:10,256 | 1,021 |
| Bahamas | - | 64 | 1:6,240 | 870 |
| Armenia | 100% | 60 | 1:48,646 | 1,800 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Iceland | - | 51 | 1:7,177 | 754 |
| Greenland | - | 48 | 1:1,174 | 255 |
| Albania | 100% | 46 | 1:66,230 | 5,410 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 42 | 1:549,427 | 19,835 |
| Cape Verde | - | 40 | 1:13,229 | 1,226 |
| Dominica | - | 40 | 1:1,887 | 307 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 34 | 1:3,228 | 592 |
| Iran | - | 32 | 1:2,453,027 | 13,672 |
| Afghanistan | 56% | 28 | 1:1,165,126 | 13,382 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Namibia | - | 28 | 1:85,864 | 4,291 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 28 | 1:848,917 | 35,704 |
| Belarus | 94% | 27 | 1:351,199 | 2,532 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:2,270 | 503 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Barbados | - | 26 | 1:11,146 | 1,138 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 26 | 1:6,839 | 1,067 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:2,049 | 312 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 24 | 1:76,798 | 1,378 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:1,420 | 328 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 21 | 1:459,188 | 9,802 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 18 | 1:113,333 | 9,408 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 80% | 16 | 1:373,330 | 13,392 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Haiti | - | 12 | 1:893,913 | 14,160 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 12 | 1:16,000 | 1,525 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:4,466 | 734 |
| Israel | 100% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Kosovo | - | 11 | 1:169,222 | 7,259 |
| Senegal | 80% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 9 | 1:232,306 | 6,858 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 9 | 1:52,849 | 793 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 8 | 1:368,985 | 2,177 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Mauritania | 75% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tajikistan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Dóra (35,387), Dôra (37), Dòra (2), Dõra (1) & Dorã (1) are calculated separately.
Dora (56,705) may also be a surname.
Dora Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Adapted from German Dore, a contraction of Dorothea. In English use, it is occasionally a shortening of Dorothea, but usually it is independent. (Gr., ‘gifts’). The most famous Dora in fiction is David Copperfield’s wife. Many puns have been made on ‘Dora’, an anagram for the Defence of the Realms Act, 1914: of which some foolish portions are allowed by a too patient people to remain.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name abbreviated from Theodora.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: A gift.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dora Forename Popularity
Dora Demographics
Average Dora Salary in
United States
$35,422 USD
Per year
Rank:
318,125 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.030447
Rank: 530 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
81.38%
Sample size: 70,857 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Dora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dora in the Russian language | ||
| Дора | dora | - |
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