Dora ( el, Δώρα) is a female name of

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origin being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea ( Dorothy), Theodora meaning "Gift" or in its full form "God's Gift", from , ''doron'', "gift" + , ''theos'', "god". The name ''Dora'' can also be a short form of ''Isadora'', ''Isidora'' and other such compound names. The earliest form of the word ''doron'' is the

Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the '' terminus ad quem'' for the ...

, ''do-ra'', meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural () of said word; on the other hand, the names ''Theodora'' and ''Amphidora'' are attested in Linear B as , ''te-o-do-ra'', and , ''a-pi-do-ra'', respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. ''Amphidoros'', is also found: , ''a-pi-do-ro''. In Albanian, ''dora'' means 'hand'. In Russian, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name

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People

Dora Altmann Dora Altmann (born Dora Tremmel, 6 February 1881 – 24 December 1971) was a German actress, who was noted for her decade-long career in later life, from the age of 80, starting in 1961, appearing in television series and having a small uncredi ...

(1881–1971), German actress * Dora Annie Dickens (1850–1851), infant daughter of English novelist

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

Dora Anastasiou Star Cyprus or Miss Cyprus ( el, Σταρ Κύπρος) is a national Beauty pageant in Cyprus held the last quarter of the year, primarily in November. The 2 winners compete internationally, the following year. Due to the return of the Miss Uni ...

(born 1988), Cypriot beauty queen * Dora Bakoyannis (born 1954), Greek politician *

Dora Barrancos Dora Beatriz Barrancos (born 15 August 1940) is an Argentine researcher, sociologist, historian, feminist, and politician. She was part of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) board of directors until May 2019, when ...

(born 1940), Argentine academic and politician * Dora Beedham née Spong (1879 – 1969), British nurse and suffragette * Dora Bryan (1923–2014), British actress * Dora Carrington (1893–1932), British painter * Dora Gabe (1886–1983), Bulgarian Jewish poet * Dora Greenwell (1821–1882), English poet * Dora Hand (c. 1844–1878), American dance hall singer in Dodge City, Kansas * Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Romanian-Albanian writer * Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), Welsh administrator and singer * Dora Kalaus (born 1996), Croatian handball player * Dora Krsnik (born 1992), Croatian handball player * Dora Kyriakou (born 1967), Cypriot sprinter * Dora Lewis (born 1862), American suffragist * Dora Maar (1907–1997), French model and photographer * Dora Mavor Moore (1888–1979), Canadian actress * Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), English-Australian suffragist, socialist *

Dora Musielak Dora Elia Musielak is an aerospace engineer, historian of mathematics, and book author. She is an expert on high-speed airbreathing jet engines, and an adjunct professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlingt ...

, Mexican-American aerospace engineer, historian of mathematics, and book author * Dora Pavel (born 1946), Romanian novelist * Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), Croatian composer * Dora Knowlton Ranous (1859–1916), American actress, author *

Dora Rosetti Dora Rosetti (1908–1989) was a medical doctor – specialising in gynaecology, sexual health and disease, and public health – and also a writer. She was born in Alexandria in Egypt in 1908 and died in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, � ...

(1908-1989), Greek doctor and writer * Dora Russell (1894–1986), British author * Dora Isella Russell (1925-1990) Uruguayan poet, journalist *

Dora Adele Shoemaker Dora Adele Shoemaker (August 13, 1873 – March 16, 1962) was an American educator, poet, and playwright. Biography Shoemaker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1873. Her parents were Rachel H. Shoemaker and Jacob V. Shoemaker, ...

(1873-1962), American educator, writer * Dora Stratou (1903–1988), Greek dancer and folklorist *

Dora V. Wheelock Dora V. Wheelock (, Palmer; August 26, 1847 – February 3, 1923) was an American activist and writer involved in the temperance movement. She served as president of the Nebraska state branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the N ...

(1847–1923), American activist and writer * Dora Carrington (1893-1932), English painter and artist

Fictional characters

* Dora Marquez, title character of ''

Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...

'' * Dora Spenlow, a character in David Copperfield * "Dora the Female Explorer", a song by British band Stackridge from their debut album '' Stackridge'' * Dora Winifred "D.W." Read, character in the ''Arthur''

book A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this phys ...

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television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

series * Dora Orefice, character in the '' Life Is Beautiful'' movie

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