Meaning of the nameDora

Dora is a female name of Greek origin, a short form of Doroteia, Teodora or Isidora, names formed with the Greek dōron, 'gift'.

Meaning

The meaning of Dora is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 10,004
Rank in Brazil: #1,713
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 12,679; people

Dora in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dora, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,518 people).

9,950 women 54 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dora is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dora in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,887	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	1,424	0.009%
Minas Gerais	1,094	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	875	0.008%
Paraná	440	0.004%
Bahia	403	0.003%
Pará	356	0.004%
Santa Catarina	275	0.004%
Goiás	267	0.004%
Amazonas	248	0.006%
Pernambuco	229	0.003%
Espírito Santo	221	0.006%
Ceará	207	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	194	0.007%
Maranhão	169	0.003%
Distrito Federal	144	0.005%
Mato Grosso	92	0.003%
Piauí	84	0.003%
Roraima	56	0.009%
Rondônia	53	0.003%
Paraíba	50	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	49	0.002%
Alagoas	47	0.002%
Amapá	39	0.005%
Sergipe	38	0.002%
Tocantins	37	0.002%
Acre	26	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dora

Behind the Name describes Dora as a short form of Dorothy (Doroteia), Theodora or Isidora, and Wiktionary lists it in English as a diminutive of Dorothy. All three names contain the Greek δῶρον (dōron), 'gift': Doroteia and Teodora combine this element with theos, 'god', and Isidora combines it with the name of the goddess Isis. Because Dora can come from more than one of these names, it has no single meaning. It is a name more frequent among women born before the 1970s, which is growing again among those born from 2010 on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,004 people named Dora, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Behind the Name: Dora · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Dora · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Dorothea · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Theodora · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Isidora · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Dora

What does the name Dora mean?

The meaning of Dora is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Dora in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,004 people with the first name Dora, which ranks it number 1,713 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Dora a boy's or a girl's name?

Dora is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,950 women and 54 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dora?

Dora is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dora most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.009% of the state's population is named Dora (1,424 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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