Dora (given name)


Dora is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea and Theodora, meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from δῶρον, doron, "gift" + θεός, theos, "god". The name Dora can also be a short form of other names containing -dora such as Eudora and Isadora. Dora was used as an English equivalent for the name Doirend or Doireann in Ireland. Doreen, Dorian, and Dorinda are other examples of names from the same root form.
The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek ??, dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural of said word; on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as ????, te-o-do-ra, and ????, a-pi-do-ra, respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. Amphidoros, is also found: ????, a-pi-do-ro.
In Albanian, dora means "hand". In Russian, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name Agafodor.

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