Do you know anyone named Dottie? Dottie to honor Grandmother (not short for Dorothea/Dorothy)

[Anonymous]

I tend to like the old lady names, but I can't quite warm up to this one. I DO like Dorothea, nickname Thea.

[Anonymous]

i LOVE IT

[Anonymous]

I think Dorothy is set for a comeback. I also love Dottie as a nn - I think mainly because of the positive A League of Their Own connotations. Go for it, OP.

[Anonymous]

My Mom was a Dorothy, she would be in her 70's now. She hated her name and went by her middle name. Dorothy was used a lot in her family. Some went by Dorothy, Some Dottie and a few by just Dot. I teased my Mom that I was set on the name Dottie for my girl. Oh how riled up she would get about that. While I went with something different, the name started to grow on me.

[Anonymous]

It was a popular name in the era in which incompetence and confusion in girls and women was considered cute. I just met a Ditzy, same idea.

[Anonymous]

Yuck - I dislike it

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Anonymous wrote:I think is a wonderful idea for a name. It's a real enough name. I like it. But I like when parents give their child the name they want to call the child.

+1 Especially giving your child the name you will call them. So odd when people pick a nn they want to use then add another name as the legal first name that is never used. Just name your child the nn.

No its not strange to want to give the baby options when that child grows up!

Yes it is. It’s very strange to name your child one thing with the plan to call them something completely different from the start. NNs are things that evolve over time from your real name. They aren’t something that your parents plan out from the very start to call you all the while giving you another name.

If your child wants an option to be called something else then they can change their name. To give another name from the start as a fall back name means you know the nn you plan to use is dumb to begin with and not something a person would want to be called.

[Anonymous]

Love the name Dorothy, know one young adult. It is a classic and lovely name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s cute but the dotty / crazy / nut job association is also really diminishing.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I like Dorothy -- it's strong and retro. If Alice is popular, why not Dorothy?

Dottie's cute enough as a NN but it's awfully lightweight for an adult.

My daughter is Dorothy and her buddy is Eleanore. I had one lady at a park rave over the name, said she knew the most beautiful person named Dorothy. I asked if she was 80 and she said yes. Don't care, totally owning the old lady name. She don't even call her Dottie or another nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think is a wonderful idea for a name. It's a real enough name. I like it. But I like when parents give their child the name they want to call the child.

+1 Especially giving your child the name you will call them. So odd when people pick a nn they want to use then add another name as the legal first name that is never used. Just name your child the nn.

No its not strange to want to give the baby options when that child grows up!

Yes it is. It’s very strange to name your child one thing with the plan to call them something completely different from the start. NNs are things that evolve over time from your real name. They aren’t something that your parents plan out from the very start to call you all the while giving you another name.

If your child wants an option to be called something else then they can change their name. To give another name from the start as a fall back name means you know the nn you plan to use is dumb to begin with and not something a person would want to be called.

Disagree, very normal to age out of a childish nickname, and I'm the fuddy duddy with the 3 year old Dorothy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Dorothy -- it's strong and retro. If Alice is popular, why not Dorothy?

Dottie's cute enough as a NN but it's awfully lightweight for an adult.

My daughter is Dorothy and her buddy is Eleanore. I had one lady at a park rave over the name, said she knew the most beautiful person named Dorothy. I asked if she was 80 and she said yes. Don't care, totally owning the old lady name. She don't even call her Dottie or another nickname.

When I was in my 30s, Ella, Emily and Emma were considered an old lady names since only our grandmothers had them. Names go in and out of fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a popular name in the era in which incompetence and confusion in girls and women was considered cute. I just met a Ditzy, same idea.

What a strange thing to say! It is common to add a y or ie to a name to make it a nickname. It is done for men and women.

[Anonymous]

As someone who has a "nickname" for a name, don't do it. Give her one of the regular names suggested and use "Dottie" as a nickname.

"Dottie" works if she is middle aged school crossing guard, not so much if she is middle aged lawyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think is a wonderful idea for a name. It's a real enough name. I like it. But I like when parents give their child the name they want to call the child.

+1 Especially giving your child the name you will call them. So odd when people pick a nn they want to use then add another name as the legal first name that is never used. Just name your child the nn.

No its not strange to want to give the baby options when that child grows up!

Yes it is. It’s very strange to name your child one thing with the plan to call them something completely different from the start. NNs are things that evolve over time from your real name. They aren’t something that your parents plan out from the very start to call you all the while giving you another name.

If your child wants an option to be called something else then they can change their name. To give another name from the start as a fall back name means you know the nn you plan to use is dumb to begin with and not something a person would want to be called.

Blah blah blah look it is strange FOR YOU but not for others. Op could name her dd Dorothy and call her Dottie and then when 10 dd could say call me Dory?
Changing your name is a pain and also then you have to narrow it down. Look st how Bruce Jenner took his time thinking of a new name, for example

So repeat after me. My way is not the only way!