Dotty
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOT-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
Dotty is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies).
What does Dotty mean?
Greek: pet form of Dorothy
“gift of God”
A pet form of Dorothy, from its short form Dot.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dotty a girl's or a boy's name?
Dotty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dotty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,247among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Dotty, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Dotty than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Dotty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 250 girls in the UK were given Dotty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #223, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
- Dottie 223
- Dotty 27
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Dotty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 47 | #849 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 57 | #767 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
Nicknames for Dotty
- Dot
Names like Dotty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dorothy Dolly Nancy Polly Penny Betsy Peggy Betty Bonnie Ruby Cleo Daisy
Other spellings of Dotty
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dotty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dotty, updated 20 October 2026.