Thursday's Name Game
This is a "not yet" meme by The Garden of Books. You basically pick a name from a character in a novel and add some facts!
So, I chose:
Name: Dorothea
Gender: Female
Character from: 'Middlemarch' by George Elliot
Meaning:
Dorothea comes from the Greek and means 'gift of God' and is a is a variant of Doroty.
Personal experience:
I knew one girl who was named Dorothea, but I haven't seen her in ages.
Place names:
Dorotheenstadt (state of Berlin) – named after Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Holstein
Famous real-life people named Dorothea:
Dorothea in song, film, etc. :
So, I chose:
Name: Dorothea
Gender: Female
Character from: 'Middlemarch' by George Elliot
Meaning:
Dorothea comes from the Greek and means 'gift of God' and is a is a variant of Doroty.
Personal experience:
I knew one girl who was named Dorothea, but I haven't seen her in ages.
Place names:
Dorotheenstadt (state of Berlin) – named after Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Holstein
Famous real-life people named Dorothea:
- Dorothea Lange, an American documentary photographer
- Dorothea Lynde Dix, an American activist for the indigent insane
Dorothea in song, film, etc. :
- Dorothea's Revenge (1974)
- Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
- Dorothea, an album by Laïs in 2000
Looks great! I think it's really interesting to learn about names and see if the name's meanings fit the character at all.
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