Dotti
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Dotti by the numbers
Dotti was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1958, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Dotti
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dotti. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dottiegift of god; a form of Dorothy or Dorothea215 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dottygift of god; a form of Dorothy27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dustibrave warrior; a form of Dustin7 in the US (2017)
- Dyutiradiance; splendour; brightness6 in the US (2017)
- Dwitisecond or duplicate4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Donta31 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dotti
Nobody has voted for Dotti yet
Vote for Dotti and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Dotti