Dorotea
Dorotea is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Croatia, Italy, Spain
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 130 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Dorotea
If you do not know Dorotea’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Dorotea,” in English, “Guten Tag Dorotea,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Dorotea,
German
Guten Tag Dorotea,
French
Bonjour Dorotea,
Spanish
Estimado/a Dorotea:
Chinese
Dorotea您好：
Japanese
Dorotea様
English
Hi Dorotea,
German
Hi Dorotea,
French
Salut Dorotea,
Spanish
Hola Dorotea,
Chinese
Dorotea你好：
Japanese
Doroteaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | rare | woman's name |
| Italy | rare | woman's name |
| Spain | rare | woman's name |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name |
| Sweden | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 130 female · 130 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dorotea a male or female name?
Dorotea is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Dorotea in an email?
If you do not know Dorotea’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Dorotea,” in English, “Guten Tag Dorotea,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Dorotea a unisex name?
Dorotea is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Dorotea a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/dorotea. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dorotea,
title = {Is Dorotea a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/dorotea},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}