[name_m]Just[/name_m] looking for insight into how people see this name.
What would a [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] be like, and what would you name her sisters?
I’ve never met a Dorothea before or even heard the name. You’ll hate this but the first image that comes to mind is The wizard of Oz. For some reason I picture a Dorothea to be tall and strong, brown hair, freckles, loves theater/drama, sometimes bossy, gets good grades
Dorothea (Thea)
Eleanore (Ella)
Wilhelmina (Willa or Mina)
I love [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] and associate it with the great surrealist painter [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] Tanning–so someone strong, imaginative, and daring. Her sisters would be [name_f]Helena[/name_f] and [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]. (It’s off limits for me because my favorite cousin wants to name a daughter [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], so I’m leaving it for her.)
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] is gorgeous, and I think of [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] as successful woman, smart yet funny.
[name_f]Sister[/name_f] names… [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Cecile[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Margaretta[/name_f]/[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]…
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] has long been the top name on my girls list. I think it’s absolutely gorgeous. [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] is strong, intelligent, funny, very quiet, and very book-ish.
Some names from my list that I would use as a sister for [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]…
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
There are two ways I picture [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]. One is a sort of Latina girl: dark, long hair, bohemian, exotic, sort of friends with names like [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f] and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]. The other is more studious, quieter, serious, etc.
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] and:
1.) [name_f]Fernanda[/name_f], [name_f]Fernande[/name_f], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f], [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], [name_f]Fabienne[/name_f], [name_f]Fabiana[/name_f], [name_f]Fabiola[/name_f], [name_f]Ravenna[/name_f], [name_f]Thalassa[/name_f], [name_f]Galilea[/name_f], [name_f]Galatea[/name_f], [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f], [name_f]Electra[/name_f], [name_f]Althea[/name_f], [name_u]Artemis[/name_u], Ferelith, [name_f]Marcela[/name_f], [name_f]Tupelo[/name_f], [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_f]Verona[/name_f], [name_f]Verena[/name_f], [name_f]Nephele[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Morwenna[/name_f], [name_f]Morgana[/name_f], Kleodora / Cleodora (Greek nymph), [name_f]Olympia[/name_f], [name_f]Hestia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Junia[/name_f], Calistia, [name_f]Calixta[/name_f], [name_u]Calypso[/name_u], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Callisto[/name_f], [name_f]Allegro[/name_f], [name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f], [name_u]Domino[/name_u], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Francisca[/name_f], [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Laurenza[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Feodora[/name_f], [name_f]Teodora[/name_f], [name_f]Celestina[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Amethyst[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Titania[/name_f], [name_f]Delfina[/name_f], [name_f]Amedea[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Vincenza[/name_f].
2.) [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Marcela[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], [name_f]Nanetta[/name_f], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f], [name_f]Silvia[/name_f], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Minerva[/name_f], [name_f]Lenore[/name_f], [name_f]Leonor[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f], [name_f]Eleonora[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenia[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_u]Laurence[/name_u], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Henriette[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Corinna[/name_f].
I am sorry to say this, but I cannot stand this name. It is clunky and unfortunate, and I just picture a large, older woman when I hear it. To me her sister would be an old Greek lady, since that’s how I picture [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] 
[name_m]Both[/name_m] of my grandmas are named [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] and [name_f]Dorthy[/name_f]. I think something just as vintage as [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] would be best for a sister to her. I’m not sure how I see the name.
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]…I think of a princess or fairy…a magical name.
Similar names that would go good with [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]:
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephina[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrina[/name_f]