"Traditional Spanish name"
The name Doroteo is commonly a male name from the "Spanish" origin.
Doroteo is the Spanish masculine form of the Latin name Dorotheus, which derives from the Greek Dorotheos. The Greek name is a compound of doron, meaning gift, and theos, meaning god, so its literal sense is gift of God. The feminine counterparts of the same root include Spanish Dorotea and English Dorothy.
The pronunciation of Doroteo is dor-uh-TAY-oh.
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