Dorte (name)

Dorte (and its variants '' Dorthe'' and ''Dort(h)ea'') is a feminine given name which is mostly used in Denmark. The name is the Danish variant of Greek given name Dorothea and is a combination of the words ''gift'' and ''god''. Its German variant is ''Dörte'' and its English version is Dorothy.

Notable people with the name are as follows:

Dorte

First name

* Dorte Bennedsen (1938–2016), Danish theologian and politician
* Dorte Christensen, Danish cricket player
* Dorte Christiansen, Danish cricket player
* Dorte Dahlin (born 1955), Danish artist
* Dorte Ekner (born 1951), Danish tennis player
* Dorte Hammershøi, Danish academic
* Dorte Jensdatter (1672–1722), Danish murder victim
* Dorte Jensen (born 1972), Danish sailor
* Dorte Dalum Jensen (born 1978), Danish football player
* Dorte Juul Jensen (born 1957), Danish scientist
* Dorte Kjær (born 1964), Danish badminton player
* Dorte Lohse (born 1971), Danish road cyclist
* Dorte Mandrup (born 1961), Danish architect
* Dorte Olesen (born 1948), Danish mathematician
* Dorte Rasmussen, multiple people

Double name

* Ann-Dorte Christensen, Danish academic
* Anne Dorte Michelsen (born 1958), Danish musical artist
* Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (1947–2014), Danish noble

Dörte

* Dörte Gatermann (born 1956), German architect
* Dörte Haftendorn (born 1948), German mathematician
* Dörte Hansen (born 1964), German linguist, journalist and writer
* Dörte Helm, also Dorothea Helm, (1898–1941), German painter and graphic designer
* Dörte Lindner (born 1974), German diver
* Dörte Stüdemann (born 1964), German volleyball player
* Dörte Thümmler (born 1971), German gymnast
* Dörte von Westernhagen (born 1943), German writer
*Dörte Clara Wolff, known as Dodo (painter) (1907–1998), German painter and illustrator

References

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Danish feminine given names
Feminine given names
German feminine given names