Dora
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning gift.
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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1271
25 babies
Dora by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Dora. In the US, 98 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 2,026 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dorandark-haired stranger; a form of Dóirín11 in the US (2017)
- Dorygift; short form of dorothy or dorian8 in the US (2017)
- Donalady; feminine form of don7 in the US (2017)
- Dorigift of god; a form of dorothea7 in the US (2017)
- Doainvocation, prayer, supplication6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Dora, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jessegod exists; gift from god980 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Dora
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