Details for the forename Dora

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Dora (female)


Diminutive for:	Isidora (F)
Pet Name(s):	Dorrie (F)
Pet Name for:	Dorothea (F) Dorothy (F) Theodora (F)
Derivative(s):	Doreen (F) Doria (F) Dorinda (F) Fredora (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and French pet name for Dorothea or Dorothy. It was originally an English diminutive of Theodora and Isidora, but Dora is now a given name in its own right.