Doroteo

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Boy · Greek

Doroteo

Say it: doh-roh-TEH-oh

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Meaning

From Greek dōron 'gift' and theos 'god'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

676 babies given this name since 1913
At its height in 1929, about 1 in 48,900 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914

Used by

Mexican Spanish

The family of the name

Italian	Doroteo

Famous bearers

Doroteo Arango, birth name of Pancho Villa

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.