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Across the world, Doroteo (Dorothea , Doroteo , Δωροθέα ) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The first name Doroteo is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a common feminine name, Greece, and Tanzania (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and Mexico. Much less frequently, Doroteo is the last name as well as the forename.
Doroteo is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dorothea "Doortje" Van Hoeck , the fictional character from F.C. De Kampioenen; Dolores Umbridge , the Harry Potter character; Schwester Dorothea , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Dorothea Grantsaan , character in Goede tijden, slechte tijden and Dorothea , the theatrical character in the play "The Other Alexander", among other works.