Comments for the name Dorothea

Listen to the German pronunciation of Dorothea here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I'm pretty sure this is the full name of Dora, a princess ghost on 'Danny Phantom' but I'm not fully sure of the spelling. It might be Dorathea.

I'm very fond of this name, and it's high up on my favorites list. I like both Doro and Thea as nicknames.

I love this name. But we would write Doroteja. The shorter name would be Teja - it is a very popular name.

Dorothea Brooke is a protagonist in the novel "Middlemarch" by George Eliot.

Dolley Madison (wife of James Madison) has the nickname Dolley from her actual frist name, Dorothea.

This name is definitely growing on me and is becoming a top favorite. I had a relative with the name Dorothy, and this name will forever hold as a treasure in my heart.

A famous bearer was Dorothea Lange (May 25, 1895 – October 11, 1965) an influential American photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Great Depression photos for the Farm Security Administration. Her most well-known photograph is a picture of Florence Owens Thompson entitled 'Migrant Mother.' She also co-founded 'Aperture,' a quarterly photography magazine based in New York.

Dorothea is the name of a city in Italo Calvino's book, 'Invisible Cities'.

Opera singer Dagmar Pecková and musician Klaus Schiesser have a daughter Dorothea.

I think it is a lovely name. It has an "old" feeling to it and I like that. Thea and Dora are great nicknames.

Dorothea is also commonly pronounced DAWR-thee-ə in the United States.

Dorothea Swann is the name of the main female character in Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions.

Dorothea Tanning is an American painter/sculptor.

Dorothea was the youngest daughter of King Christian III of Denmark and his wife Dorothea.

Dorothea (1520-1580) was the oldest daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and his wife Isabella.

Dorothea (1504-1547) was the only daughter of King Frederik I of Denmark and his wife Anna.

Dorothea (1528-1575) was also the daughter of King Frederik I of Denmark and his second wife Sophie.

Dorothea (1504-1547) was the only daughter of King Frederik I of Denmark and his first wife Anna.

Dorothea (1563-1587) was the daughter of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and his wife Anna of Denmark.

Dorothea Dix (b. 1802 in Hampden, Maine) was an American activist.

Dorothea Church (b. 1922 in Texarkana, Texas) was an American fashion model.

Dorothea Lange (b. 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Dorothea (1629-1687) was the youngest daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and his wife Kirsten.

Dorothea (1657-1658) was the daughter of King Frederik III of Denmark and his wife Sophie.

Dorothea (1675-1676) was the daughter of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia and his wife Sophie.

Dorothea (1591-1617) was the daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and his wife Sophie.

A minor correction: the dates of St. Dorothea of Montau's life were 1347-1394, which would make her 14th century, not 13th century. :) [noted -ed]

The first pronunciation is beautiful, but the second one is awful. I speak English, and I personally would pronounce this dor-o-TAY-a... I don't know how many people would say dor-o-thee-a. I love the name Dorothy, but adding an a just makes it sound bad.