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2. Dorothy (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Dorothy is a feminine given name. It is the English vernacular form of the Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god".

3. Isidora - Wikipedia

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   The name survived the suppression of the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the newly Christianized Roman Empire, and is, among others, the name of several Christian saints. Similar "gift" names include the Greek " Theodore " and Slavic " Bogdan " (both meaning "gift of God"), the Persian " Mithradates " ("gift of Mithras ") and Datis ...

4. Dora (given name) - Wikipedia

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   The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀈𐀨, dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural (δῶρα) of said word; [5] on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra, and 𐀀𐀠𐀈𐀨 ...

5. Pandora - Wikipedia

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   An alternative name for Pandora attested on a white-ground kylix (ca. 460 BCE) is Anesidora, which similarly means "she who sends up gifts." This vase painting clearly depicts Hephaestus and Athena putting the finishing touches on the first woman, as in the Theogony. Written above this figure (a convention in Greek vase painting) is the name ...

6. Nathanael - Wikipedia

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   Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which means "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El." [1] Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common spelling for a masculine given name.

7. Theodore (given name) - Wikipedia

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   The names Dorothy and Godiva also mean "gift of God(s)". In German, Theodore is the feminine form and the masculine form is Theodor . Although similar to, and probably influenced by it, the Germanic name Theodoric (and variants Theodoricus, Dietrich, Thierry, and others) has a separate origin.