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Dorrit is a feminine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. Persons bearing the name include: * Amy Dorrit, known as "Little Dorrit", the heroine of
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...
' novel of the same name (1855-7) ** As an English surname, Dorrit may be a variant of the surname Durward, or a
matronymic A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patrony ...
derived from the given name
Dorothy Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Dorothy'' (TV series), 1979 American TV series * Dorothy Mills, a 2008 French movie, sometimes titled simply ''Dorot ...
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Dorrit Black Dorothea Foster Black (23 December 1891 – 13 September 1951) was an Australian painter and printmaker of the modernism, Modernist school, known for being a pioneer of Modernism in Australia. In 1951, at the age of fifty-nine, Black was killed ...
(1891–1951), Australian artist * Dorrit Dekk (1917–2014), Czech-British artist *
Dorrit Hoffleit Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit (March 12, 1907 – April 9, 2007) was an American senior research astronomer at Yale University. She is best known for her work in variable stars, astrometry, Astronomical spectroscopy, spectroscopy, Meteoroid, meteors, and ...
(1907–2007), American astronomer * Dorrit Jacob, German-Australian geochemist * Dorrit Kristensen (born 1938), Danish swimmer *
Dorrit Moussaieff Dorrit Moussaieff (; born 12 January 1950) is an Israeli jewellery designer, editor, and businesswoman who was the First Lady of Iceland from 2003 to 2016. Born in Israel, she was raised in the United Kingdom from the age of 13. Biography Dor ...
(born 1950), First Lady of Iceland * Dorrit Reventlow (born 1942), Danish translator, benefactor, philanthropist, social activist, and widow of Prince Dimitri Romanov * Dorrit Weixler (1892–1916), German actress *
Dorrit Willumsen Dorrit Willumsen (born 31 August 1940 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen) is a Danish writer. She made her literary debut in 1965 with the short story collection ''Knagen''. She was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1983.Dorit {{given name Feminine given names Danish feminine given names Jewish feminine given names