Dot (given name)

Dot is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the female name Dorothy, and a nickname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

Women
  • Dot Allison (born 1969), Scottish singer and songwriter
  • Dot Bailey (1916–2009), New Zealand cricketer
  • Dot Farley (1881–1971), American film actress
  • Dot Germain (born 1947), American LPGA golfer
  • Dot Laughton (1913–1982), Australian cricketer
  • Dot Lemon (1907–1986), early American aviator and barnstormer
  • Dot Moore (1914–2007), American television personality
  • Dot Richardson (born 1961), American physician, softball coach and former player
  • Dot Wilkinson (1921–2023), American softball player and bowler, member of the Halls of Fame of both sports

Men
  • Dot Fulghum (1900–1947), American Major League Baseball player in the 1921 season

Fictional characters
  • Dot, the title character of Dot and the Kangaroo, an 1899 children's book by Ethel C. Pedley and derivative works
  • Dot, the title character of Dot and Tot of Merryland, a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum
  • Dot, a character in the 1998 Disney-Pixar 3D computer-animated film A Bug's Life
  • Dot, a character in the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George
  • Dot, a character in the massively multiplayer online game Club Penguin
  • Dot, a Simon Kidgits character developed by Simon Brand Ventures
  • Dot, the titular protagonist of the animated preschool television series Dot.
  • Little Dot, a comic book character
  • Dot and Dash, the mascots of PBS Kids
  • Dot Branning, also known as Dot Cotton, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
  • Dot Cottan, a character in the BBC police procedural drama Line of Duty
  • Dot Starlight, one of the first eight Lalaloopsy dolls released.
  • Dot Matrix, a character in the Canadian animated television series ReBoot
  • Dot Pixis, a character in the anime series Attack on Titan
  • Dot Warner, a character in the 1990s animated television series Animaniacs

See also
  • Dots Miller (1886–1923), American Major League Baseball player
  • Dottie, another given name
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