Dot Forename

35,201st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 22,004 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Dot Forename Definition:

A diminutive of Dorothea and Dorothy.

Dot Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
92%
11,1771:32,4362,166
South Sudan
100%
2,7461:4,206526
Cambodia
74%
 
1,3611:11,9571,379
Canada
100%
1,0771:30,7652,430
Australia-1,0541:12,9581,089
England
100%
1,0041:55,3812,536
New Zealand-9881:4,591664
Bangladesh-5501:289,93013,006
Egypt
100%
2821:325,89010,093
Papua New Guinea
94%
 
2351:34,6913,425
Thailand
 
53%
1921:364,92619,180
Poland
 
94%
1881:202,2723,614
South Africa
100%
1791:304,65217,142
India
56%
 
1761:6,902,716236,240
Indonesia
100%
1501:1,719,75892,021
Scotland
100%
1231:43,4991,469
Denmark-611:92,6152,753
Malaysia
 
73%
471:647,87126,056
Philippines
69%
 
371:2,865,12157,898
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Wales
100%
271:114,6042,631
Netherlands
100%
231:734,87314,886
Guam-211:7,6501,166
Northern Ireland
 
67%
181:102,3971,497
France
100%
171:3,910,02017,575
Sudan
100%
161:2,362,9363,917
Singapore-151:419,13710,588
Italy
65%
 
141:4,361,57821,991
China-131:105,081,21464,899
Ireland
 
80%
131:357,1945,120
Belgium
100%
111:1,044,54912,446
Nigeria
100%
101:17,756,436163,035
Russia
100%
101:14,423,37048,053
Pakistan
85%
 
101:19,435,768100,312
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Hong Kong-91:861,4145,456
Sweden
 
75%
61:1,642,98427,315
Vietnam
100%
61:15,437,1864,625
Congo
100%
51:1,001,84116,039
Germany
100%
51:19,335,57551,270
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Norway-41:1,283,08216,224
Israel
71%
 
41:2,100,73020,870
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Afghanistan
 
67%
41:8,155,87935,337
Nepal-41:7,121,83862,014
Taiwan-31:7,923,22799,341
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Zimbabwe-31:5,141,27276,754
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Cameroon
100%
21:10,805,25286,897
Switzerland
50%
 
21:4,106,74825,883
Isle of Man-21:42,512455
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Azerbaijan
100%
21:4,821,47233,780
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388

Dot (12,155) may also be a surname.

Dot Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A diminutive of Dorothea and Dorothy.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Dot Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dost86106,004/
Duot869,850/
Dott862,577/
Dote862,394/
Doit86450/
Doyt86166/
Dout86126/
Doet8688/
Doth8664/
Dots8656/
Doot8654/
do t8640/
Dhot8617/
Dodt8613/
Tdot864/
Doht863/
Dotd861/
Ddot861/
Hdot861/
Do80296,650/
Duoth7511,361/
Doost751,230/
Doute75615/
Dotte75196/
Dhote75192/
Doust75178/
Douth75164/
Dothe7598/
Doste7579/
Doite7576/
Dosst7528/
Dooth7520/
Dhots7517/
Dhoot7514/
Doote7513/
Dosht7513/
Doyte7511/
Dostt7510/
Dhost7510/
Doots7510/
Dotts7510/
Dhoit7510/
Dotch759/
Dhoth756/
Duote754/
Doith754/
Tdoot753/
Douts753/
Doytt753/
Doudt753/
Doitt753/
Doist752/
Ddost752/
Duost752/
Doedt751/
Docht751/
Doths751/
Dotss751/
Dottp751/
Douht751/
Doyth751/
Doïte751/
Doutt751/
Ddotz751/
Tdots751/
Dosts751/
Dootd751/
Dosdt751/
Dostd751/
Dothp751/
Dotph751/
Dat67435,161/
Dut6730,705/
Doh6720,388/
Doi6715,138/
Doo676,652/
Doa674,450/
Dou673,826/
Dos673,409/
Dod672,764/
Duo672,266/
Doy672,154/
Dho671,229/
Dop67821/
Doj67372/
Dgo67190/
Doz67138/
Ddo6760/
Doï6729/
Dosthe6721/
Hdo6719/
Daouth6716/
Dhothe6715/
Tdo6715/
Doç6713/
Doutch6711/
Dooste676/
Dotowa676/
Doitte673/
Dhooth673/
Dousth672/
Doî672/
Douste672/
Dhoudt671/
Doggit671/
Doodth671/
Doothe671/
Dotova671/
Dotthe671/
Douthe671/
Douths671/
Diaotu671/

Dot Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dot in the Russian language
Дотdot-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dot