Ditte

Ditte is a Danish feminine name functioning as a diminutive of Dorothea, which derives from the Greek elements doron, meaning gift, and theos, meaning god, so the underlying sense is gift of God. The name gained wide cultural recognition through the Danish novelist Martin Andersen Nexø, whose 1917–1921 novel Ditte Menneskebarn, translated as Ditte: Girl Alive, brought the name lasting literary prominence in Scandinavia. Related forms include Dorothea, Dorothy, and the German diminutive Dörte.