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
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References
- ^ Nancy L. Coleman; Olav Veka (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780299248338.