How do you pronounce this name?

Girl Names
1

The name is [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]. Is it pronounced like [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] or dor-thee-a?

2

I was taught to say it something like doro-taya. I most often hear dor-thee-a though.

3

Dor-thee-a.

4

I’ve only ever heard it pronounced like [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] with an a at the end, and putting stress on the third syllable. That pronunciation makes sense considering the original version of the name in Greek was pronounced do-ro-theh-ah, so with four syllables.

5

Dor-thee-a

6

Dor-uh-thee-uh

7

I would say do-ruh-THEE-a, four syllables, a short o sound at the start like in dot.

8

I say it like door-thee-a.

9

I say it like [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]; [name_f]Do[/name_f]-ruh-THEE-uh ([name_f]Do[/name_f] rhyming with doll).

10

Doh-ro-thee-ur (kind of like the end of [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]?)

11

I would pronounce it Dor-oth-ee=a with a stress on the third syllable - kind of with the same rhythm you’d say [name_f]Theodora[/name_f].

12

All the people I’ve met called [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] (3 people) pronounced it [name_f]Do[/name_f]-ruh-TEE-a