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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Doda f. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Do-, formed by reduplication, or possibly from either Old High German toto 'sponsor, godparent' or Old High German *dodh 'judgement'.

France
Latin
c823 Doda (nom) irminon-vol2 52, Ved; 1143 Doe (gen) clairvaux-12thc 10; 1166 Doa (abl) ibid. 129, Doe (gen) ibid. 129; 1179 Doa (abl) ibid. 181
Germany
Latin
1086 Dutha (abl) quix-vol1 61
Spain
Latin
1006 Tota (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXVI; 1124 Tota (acc) CDSS III
Spanish
1318 Toda deMoxo
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Doda". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Doda.