Comments for the name Dora

Dora means "generation" in Hebrew.

This comes from the Greek word for "gift".

Dora is the name of David Copperfield's first wife in Charles Dickens' classic novel.

Dora Carrington is a famous bearer, actress Emma Thompson played her in the film "Carrington" from 1995.

Dora was dancer Isadora Duncan's birthname.

Dora the Explorer (kids animated character) bears this name.

A hispanic girl who explorers with her backpack, her map, and her friend boots. Dora and her friends often end up helping other people on their adventures, while trying to stay away from their arch enemy swiper the fox, who always tries to swipe their stuff.

Back in the nineteen-fifties, my mother knew a Jewish woman whose given name was Deborah, but she was always known as Dora.

My grandmother is called Dora and she hates the name so everyone calls her Ilene because she prefers her middle name. Personally I think Dora is very old-fashioned and it is not a very nice name.

After a while, it sort of grows on you, but I always think of someone sickly when I hear Dora.

Dora is the nickname of Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin, a character in the Harry Potter books. Her husband and father both call her by this.

I don't mind this name but I would never use it because of Dora the explorer, though I'm sure my kids would love it. Lol.

It's also used in Slovenia as a short form form of Doroteja!

The name is admittedly old-fashioned, but sometimes names that have been unused for decades become popular again, and this could be one of them. I don't see why it couldn't. After all, the name is short, simple, it doesn't have unpleasant sound elements, and it is, in fact, pretty, even if not as pretty as Cora. I simply don't like the fact that it's derived from Theodora and thus Theodore.

Couldn't it also be short for Pandora?

I like this name, but it makes me think of that annoying show, "Dora the Explorer".

It'd be wise to wait a few years until 'Dora the Explorer' is long forgotten. Any Dora of the early 2000's will probably be teased. "Swiper, no swiping!"

It's sometimes used by Jewish ladies as the everyday equivalent of the Hebrew Dvora (Deborah).

LOL yeah I've worked with kids for about 7 1/2 years and although this is a cute name, I still can't help but think about Dora the Explorer and her pet monkey traveling around the world and her parents are okay with that.

Arthur's little sister's full name is Dora Winnifred Reid, but goes by D.W. most of the time, which is actually pretty cute together. Old-fashioned, but cute.

Famous French photographer, model and artist - Henriette Theodora Markovitch known as Dora Maar. She was in a relationship with Pablo Picasso.

Short form of Doroteja in Croatia, pronounced "DO-rah". [noted -ed]

It's actually pronounced "DAW-rah" in Croatian and Serbian. [noted -ed]

In Croatia, Dorica is a diminutive of Dora.

This is my cousin's dog's name! I don't think I would EVER use it on a person!

Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist.

I didn't mind the name, until Dora the Explorer came along.

This name is also used in Dutch and Limburgish. For The Netherlands as a whole, the name is in the top 1000 of all ages.

Dora = WORST... NAME... EVER!

I admit that it is a pretty name, but unfortunately people will associate it with Dora the Explorer. That annoying, overexposed cartoon is everywhere, and a little girl named Dora might get teased for it.

Once your kid grows out of Dora the Explorer (blah) it's not a good name. Dora is boring and awful.

I like the name Dora. For one it is my own name, the only annoy part is getting teased by that name. Other than that, Dora is a great name