Dora () is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea (Dorothy) and Theodora (masculine Theodore), meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from , doron, "gift" + , theos, "god". The name Dora can also be a short form of Isadora (Isidora). Doreen, Dorian, and Dorinda are other examples of names from the same root form. The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek , dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural () of said word; on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as , te-o-do-ra, and , a-pi-do-ra, respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. Amphidoros, is also found: , a-pi-do-ro. In Albanian, dora means "hand". In Russian, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name Agafodor. People Dora Altmann (1881–1971), German actress Dora Annie Dickens (1850–1851), infant daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens Dora Anastasiou (born 1988), Cypriot beauty queen Dora Bakoyannis (born 1954), Greek politician Dora Barrancos (born 1940), Argentine academic and politician Dora Beedham née Spong (1879 – 1969), British nurse and suffragette Dora Bryan (1923–2014), British actress Dora Carrington (1893–1932), British painter Dora Gabe (1886–1983), Bulgarian Jewish poet Dora Greenwell (1821–1882), English poet Dora Hand (c. 1844–1878), American dance hall singer in Dodge City, Kansas Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Romanian-Albanian writer Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), Welsh administrator and singer Dora Kalaus (born 1996), Croatian handball player Dora Krsnik (born 1992), Croatian handball player Dora Kyriakou (born 1967), Cypriot sprinter Dora Lewis (born 1862), American suffragist Dora Maar (1907–1997), French model and photographer Dora Mavor Moore (1888–1979), Canadian actress Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), English-Australian suffragist, socialist Dora Musielak, Mexican-American aerospace engineer, historian of mathematics, and book author Dora Pavel (born 1946), Romanian novelist Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), Croatian composer Dora Puelma (1898-1972), Chilean artist Dora Knowlton Ranous (1859–1916), American actress, author Dora Rosetti (1908-1989), Greek doctor and writer Dora Russell (1894–1986), British author Dora Isella Russell (1925-1990) Uruguayan poet, journalist Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962), American educator, writer Dora Stratou (1903–1988), Greek dancer and folklorist Dora V. Wheelock (1847–1923), American activist and writer Dora Carrington (1893-1932), English painter and artist Fictional characters Dora Marquez, title character of Dora the Explorer Dora Spenlow, a character in David Copperfield "Dora the Female Explorer", a song by