Dorothi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dorothi

What is the meaning of the name Dorothi ?

The baby name Dorothi is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DOR-ə-thee (IPA: /ˈdɔːrəθi/).

Dorothi is Greek in Origin.

Dorothi is a modern, streamlined spelling of Dorothy, the long-established English form of the Greek name Dorothea, meaning "gift of God" (from doron, "gift," and theos, "god"). It also relates to the Greek masculine Dorotheos, source of the Latin Dorotheus. Pronunciation typically mirrors Dorothy (DOHR-uh-thee), though the -i ending lends a contemporary look.

The name gained currency across medieval Christendom via the cult of Saint Dorothea of Caesarea, then enjoyed strong use in England from the 16th century and peaked in the United States in the early 20th century. Dorothi appears sporadically in 20th–21st-century records as a rare creative respelling, in step with fashionably streamlined -i endings. International forms and cognates include Dorothea, Dorothy, Dorotea (Italian/Spanish/Scandinavian), Dorothée (French), Dorota (Polish/Slavic), Doroteia (Portuguese), and Dóra (Hungarian). Common diminutives include Dora, Dottie, Dot, Dori, Dolly, and Thea.

⚙ Dorothi is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Dorothi appears only 17 times in total — found in 13 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.