Dot

Where Dot comes from

The dictionaries list Dot as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Dorothy — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    Dot Farley born
    American actress and scenario writer
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #817 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1888
    Peak, #724
    13 babies named Dot — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1964
    Dot Jones born
    athlete, actor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
Namesakes
  • Dot Jones · athlete, actor, born 1964
  • Dot Farley · American actress and scenario writer, 1881–1971
  • Dot Richardson · softball player, born 1961
  • Dot Serfontein · South African writer, 1925–2016
  • Dot Blackie · British rower, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.