Dorothy

"Gift of God"

♀ Féminin · English, Greek
English Greek classic divine literary Americana

📖 À propos Dorothy

Dorothy est la forme anglaise de Dorothée ("don de Dieu"). Il a régné au 2e-3e rang aux USA pendant quinze ans (1912-1927). À jamais lié à Dorothy Gale d'Oz et à l'esprit acéré de Dorothy Parker, c'est un prénom d'une profonde résonance culturelle américaine.

📍 Détails

  • OrigineEnglish, Greek
  • Genre♀ Féminin
  • SignificationGift of God

🔀 Variantes et Prénoms Associés

⭐ Personnes Célèbres

  • Dorothy Gale — Fictional heroine of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), immortalized by Judy Garland in the 1939 film — her ruby slippers and "There's no place like home" are icons of American culture
  • Dorothy Parker — American poet, writer, and critic whose devastating wit made her the queen of the Algonquin Round Table, known for lines like "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"
  • Dorothy Hodgkin — British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1964) for determining the structures of important biochemical substances including penicillin and vitamin B12 using X-ray crystallography
  • Dorothy Dandridge — American actress and singer who became the first African American woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954), breaking Hollywood's racial barriers

📊 Popularité au Fil du Temps

🇺🇸 États-Unis

1900s
#5
1910s
#3
1920s
#2
1930s
#3

🇦🇺 Australie

1950s
#79