We have recently found out we are expecting DC3 and this is my last chance to persuade DH to use the name Dorothea. I love it, always have but he vetoed it for 1 and 2. I love the full name but also love the nicknames Dora, Thea and Dotty.
The name also has a special meaning for me because my late mother's last letter to me encouraged me to "nurture the Dorothea in yourself and shun the Rosamund" (reference to the characters in Middlemarch).
What is the general consensus? Would a little Dorothea get teased?