Gender Feminine
Usage Danish
Meaning & History
Danish diminutive of Edith, Dorothea or names containing dit. It was popularized by Martin Andersen Nexø's novel Ditte, Child of Man (1921) and the film adaptation (1946).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesDorothea(Ancient Greek) Eadgyð(Anglo-Saxon) Jehudijah, Judith(Biblical) Ioudith(Biblical Greek) Yehudit, Yehudiya(Biblical Hebrew) Iudith(Biblical Latin) Doroteya, Dora(Bulgarian) Dorotea, Doroteja, Edita, Dora, Tea(Croatian) Dorota, Edita, Judita, Dita, Jitka(Czech) Dorothea, Edith, Judith, Dora(Dutch) Dorothea, Dorothy, Edith, Judith, Dee, Dodie, Dollie, Dolly, Dora, Dorean, Doreen, Doretta, Dorinda, Dorine, Dortha, Dorthy, Dory, Dot, Dottie, Dotty, Edie, Editha, Edytha, Edythe, Jude, Judi, Judie, Judy, Thea(English) Juta, Tiia, Tiiu(Estonian) Tea, Teija, Tiia(Finnish) Dorothée, Édith, Judith, Théa(French) Dorinda(Galician) Dorothea, Dorothee, Edith, Judith, Dora, Editha, Judit, Jutta, Thea(German) Yehudit(Hebrew) Dorottya, Edit, Judit, Dóra, Dorina, Dorka(Hungarian) Dorotea, Giuditta, Dora, Doretta(Italian) Judith(Jewish) Dārta, Edīte, Dace, Juta(Latvian) Dorotėja, Edita, Judita, Urtė(Lithuanian) Dörthe(Low German) Doroteja(Macedonian) Eda(Medieval English) Dorthea, Edith, Judit, Judith(Norwegian) Dorota, Edyta, Judyta, Dosia(Polish) Doroteia, Edite, Judite, Dora(Portuguese) Dorotéia(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Yudif(Russian) Doroteja, Edita, Dora(Serbian) Dorota, Edita, Judita(Slovak) Doroteja, Edita, Tea, Teja(Slovene) Dorotea, Judit, Judith, Dora, Dorita(Spanish) Edit, Edith, Judit, Judith, Dorotea, Thea(Swedish) Yudes(Yiddish)
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