title: Dorrit
text: # Dorrit
  
  Dorrit is a feminine given name. Persons bearing the name include:
  
  * Amy Dorrit, known as "Little Dorrit", the heroine of Charles Dickens' novel of the same name (1855-7)
     * As an English surname, Dorrit may be a variant of the surname Durward, or a matronymic derived from the given name Dorothy.
  * Dorrit Black (1891–1951), Australian artist
  * Dorrit Dekk (1917–2014), Czech-British artist
  * Dorrit Hoffleit (1907–2007), American astronomer
  * Dorrit Jacob, German-Australian geochemist
  * Dorrit Kristensen (born 1938), Danish swimmer
  * Dorrit Moussaieff (born 1950), First Lady of Iceland
  * Dorrit Reventlow (born 1942), Danish translator, benefactor, philanthropist, social activist, and widow of Prince Dimitri Romanov
  * Dorrit Weixler (1892–1916), German actress
  * Dorrit Willumsen (born 1940), Danish writer
  