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

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 Comet, 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
 * Dot, a character from the 2023 anime Pokèmon Horizons