Dorothy ドロシー

意味：この名前は聖書には出てきません。これはドロテアの英語表記ですが、後期ラテン語の名前である「ドロテウス」から採られています。「ドロテウス」は、ギリシャ語のΔωροθεος (Dorotheos)に端を発していて、その意味は、「神様の贈り物」、δωρον (“doron”)が「贈り物」で、θεος (“theos”)は「神」という意味です。

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