Dorthe

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Dörthe in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Dorthe is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Also written Dorthé, Dörthe

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Dörthe, Dorthé

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Dorthé, Dörthe

• a separate given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway

  Also written Dörthe

• Italian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy

  Also written Dörthe

• a separate name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Dörthe

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Dorthe Kollob. 1947DKDanish singer
• Dorthe Dahl-Jensenb. 1958DKDanish geophysicist and glaciologist
• Dorthe Skappelb. 1962NONorwegian journalist
• Dorthe Andersenb. 1968Danish singer, musician and presenter
• Dorthe Damsgaardb. 1969USDanish pornographic actress
• Dorthe Norsb. 1970DKDanish writer
• Dorthe Holmb. 1972DKDanish female curler
• Anne Dorthe Tanderupb. 1972DKDanish handball player
• Dorthe Landschulzb. 1976DEGerman illustrator
• Dorthe Pedersenb. 1977DKDanish rower

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dorthe mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, a variant of Dorthea ( =Dorothy) popular in the 1960s and the 1970s Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Dorthe?

A machine transcription gives /ðɔrthe/ (IPA) for Danish.

Is Dorthe a male or female name?

Dorthe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What are other forms of the name Dorthe?

In the etymology graph, Dorothy, Dora and Doreen are forms of the same name in other languages; Thea, Dorit and Ditte are recorded short or pet forms.

In which country does Dorthe have the most bearers?

In Denmark, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Dorthe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorthe.

Where is Dorthe most common?

Dorthe is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 417 people carrying it.

How common is the name Dorthe?

In Denmark, the national register counted 14,066 people named Dorthe, about 1 in 417 residents.

How common is Dorthe compared with other names?

In Denmark, Dorthe is the 80th most common given name of 23,174 given names recorded there.