Dot

A female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.

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Dot is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Dorothy, and a nickname. It may refer to:
Women:
Dot Allison (born 1969), Scottish singer and songwriter
Dot Bailey (1916–2009), New Zealand cricketer
Dot Farley (1881–1971), American film actress
Dot Germain (born 1947), American retired LPGA golfer
Dot Laughton (1913–1982), Australian cricketer
Dot Lemon (1907–1986), early American aviator and barnstormer
Dot Moore (1914–2007), American television personality
Dot Richardson (born 1961), American physician, softball coach and former player
Dot Wilkinson (born 1921), American former softball player and bowler, member of the Halls of Fame of both sports
Men:
Dot Fulghum (1900–1947), American Major League Baseball player in the 1921 season
Fictional characters:
a title character of Dot and the Kangaroo, an 1899 children's book by Ethel C. Pedley
a title character of Dot and Tot of Merryland, a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum
Dot, in the 1998 movie A Bug's Life
Dot, in the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George
Little Dot, a comic book character
Dot and Dash, an animated girl and animated boy appearing as the PBS idents
Dot Branning, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Dot Cotton, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Dot Matrix (ReBoot), on the television series ReBoot
Dot Warner, on the animated television show Animaniacs
Dot C. the titular protagonist of the television series Dot.

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1740, from dot (n.). Related: Dotted; dotting.

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Borrowing of the Greek Dorothea, from Greek elements doron (gift) and theos (God).

Dorothy

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Dot da Genius	1986	American record producer
2	Dot Jones	1964	Athlete, actor
3	Dot Cotton
4	Yakko, Wakko, and Dot		Characters from the animated television series Animaniacs
5	Amplify Dot		British singer
6	Little Dot
7	Dot Allison	1969	Scottish singer, songwriter, DJ, writer and poet
8	Dot Richardson	1961	Softball player
9	Dot Wessmann	1958
10	Admiral Dot	1859	Sideshow performer
11	DOT DOT DOT		Artist
12	Dot Farley	1881	Actress
13	Dot Moore	1914	American television personality
14	Pedro Dot	1885	Spanish rose breeder
15	Dot Wilkinson	1921	American sports woman
16	Dot Germain	1947	Professional golfer
17	Raymond Dot	1926	French artistic gymnast (1926-2015)
18	Dot Fulghum	1900	American baseball player
19	Dot Bailey	1916	Cricketer
20	Dot Laughton	1913	South Australian athlete
21	Dot Lemon
22	E. Dot	1874	French painter (1874-1965)
23	Dorothy Edith Simons	1912	Sportswoman, sports journalist and writer