Dorinda's Name Day

6th February

Dorinda, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Greek, 'gift of God'

Dorinda has a Name day of 6th February, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Female usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Dorothy

St Dorothy is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Dorothy has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Dorindas

The martyr of the Diocletian persecution is a Christian heroine of a romance. The story goes that she was a beautiful girl of Cappadocia (Thrkey) who was sentenced to death. As she was being led out to execution, a lawyer, Theophilus, jeered at her, asking her to send him fruit and flowers from the heavenly garden. After her death, a child appeared to him with a basket of roses and apples, adding - ominously - that Dorothy was waiting for him in the garden. Theophilus was converted, and immediately executed too