Dora
From the Greek doron, "gift", in Polish dar: the whole idea sits on the surface of two syllables. It usually arrives as a short form of Teodora, but here it stands on its own, and most Poles will never meet one.
Dora Pronunciation
Dora is pronounced DO-rah (/ˈdɔra/).
What Dora means
Where Dora comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dora goes back to the Greek word doron, meaning gift. In Polish that is dar. The name usually reaches us as a short form of Teodora, where doron joins theos so the whole reads as a gift of God. Dorota holds the same two Greek pieces in reverse order.
A short name can stand alone. On a Polish class register, Dora sits among the Zuzias and Majas as a full entry, and the Greek root keeps working under two syllables. The bearer inherits no baggage from the longer forms, only the same plain meaning.
The longer variants keep their own days in the calendar. Dorota is honoured mainly on 6 February, after Saint Dorothea of Caesarea. Whatever the centuries added, the root stays legible: doron, a gift, in Polish dar.
How many people are named Dora
1 in 109970 women in Poland is named Dora. 208 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2175 among female names.
Dora's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Dora as a middle name
Dora is a first name for 208 women in Poland and a middle name for another 107, a 66/34 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 645th, between Bernadette (107) and Damiana (106).
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#643 Leigh108
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#644 Bernadette107
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#645 Dora107
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#646 Damiana106
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#647 Herta106