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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Entry updated November 16, 2019