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 Wiggin, singer and guitarist in the Shaggs
• Dot Wilkinson (1921–2023), American softball player and bowler, member of the Halls of Fame of both sports
• Aditi Saigal or Dot (born 1998), Indian singer and actress

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, the oldest Cat Brother in the anime series Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou
• Dot, a Simon Kidgits character developed by Simon Brand Ventures
• Dot, a character from the 2023 anime Pokémon Horizons
• Little Dot, a comic book character
• Dot Branning, also known as Dot Cotton, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Dot Comet, the titular protagonist of the animated preschool television series Dot.
• Dot Cottan, a character in the BBC police procedural drama Line of Duty
• Dot Matrix, a character in the Canadian animated television series ReBoot
• Dot Pixis, a character in the anime series Attack on Titan
• Dot Starlight, one of the first eight Lalaloopsy dolls released
• Dot Tattler, a character in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story
• 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