Dorthe
Dorthe is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dorthe Binkert, German novelist and non-fiction writer Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Danish palaeoclimatology professor and researcher Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter (1634–1716), Norwegian author Dorthe Hansen, Danish orienteering competitor Dorthe Holm, Danish curler from Kastrup Dorthe Hoppius, German footballer Dorthe Jørgensen, Danish philosopher,…
- Danish
- Low German
Meaning & Origin of Dorthe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorthe is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dorthe Binkert, German novelist and non-fiction writer Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Danish palaeoclimatology professor and researcher Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter (1634–1716), Norwegian author Dorthe Hansen, Danish orienteering competitor Dorthe Holm, Danish curler from Kastrup Dorthe Hoppius, German footballer Dorthe Jørgensen, Danish philosopher,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
- Low German
The Story of Dorthe
Dorthe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 8 births, good for #3,666 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Dorthes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1932 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 36 Dorthes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorthe
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Names that sound like Dorthe
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About the name Dorthe
Dorthe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Dorthe's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,666. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorthe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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