Just Dottie?

Wow! Well spotted, I never noticed that. Why was it revived? I wonder if the child ended up being Dottie or not?

It’s 2021

When the thread was started it was 2017.

Not keen on this as a full name

Ok as a nickname

I worked with a Dottie and found that subconsciously I tended to think of her as a bit dotty, which I don't actually think she was. So I'd vote for giving the child another option for a work context.

Ottilie? You could get Dottie as a nickname out of that, and it's a bit different to Dorothy/Dorothea if you weren't keen on those.

I wouldn’t go for just Dottie. It’s just not much of a name. Dorothy isn’t bad, or Dorothea.

I love just Dottie.

Go for oddette or dorothy not dotty !

Your friend is obviously not uneducated when it comes to science and medicine, but when it comes to names and history she is. Some people don't seem to get the concept of a proper name, and using an affectionate diminutive for everyday. This diminutive, eg 'Dottie' can be swapped around to suit, or even dropped when the child grows up. For instance if her real name was Dorothea, she could become 'Thea' as she gets older. Possibly remaining '' Dottie ' within the family. People have been doing that for hundreds of years.

I just don't think her daughter will thank her for being a' Dottie 'when she is a teenager. Sounds a bit silly. I swear these days people think they are naming a puppy or a cuddly toy, not a human being. Like' Teddy ', which is now so popular, urrgh!

Why is it an uneducated choice? A Doctor I work with has a beautiful little girl called Dottie. My colleague is certainly not uneducated. 🤣 Just Dottie is perfect! People also forget that names grow with generations. They’ll be far more Dottie’s in 80 years time than Dorothy’s.

Can you imagine a baby Angela in this day and age? No, but there are plenty of them within a certain age range. Names grow with generations.

OK as a nickname, but her full name can't be just Dottie! It's cute(ish) for a little one, but, like pps say, it would be hard to take an adult Dottie seriously. Dorothy or Dorothea are nice, adult names. Even Doris, which seems a bit clunky at the moment, is preferable to Dottie.

Then there's the 'dotty = crazy' thing, just to complicate it.
A bit of an uneducated choice really.

Why not? Why can’t we have cute informal names. It’s 2021, who is seriously going to call their baby Dorothy?

Dottie is beautiful. It’s gorgeous on it own. Just go with it I say! What’s the point in naming her Dorothy on birth certificate if
You intend on calling her Dottie? It would be confusing for a child.

No. Dorothy or Dorothea on the bc.

Dottie sounds almost comical.

I love Dorothea though!

I would caution against.

Cute nickname.

Another Dorothy here. I was called Dottie in school, and yes I heard Spotty Dottie.
I was named for my grandmother. But I'd have loved to be called Dorothea. So I recommend it.

I'm still called Dot (sometimes Dottie) by close family members. It's not a bad nickname. But please give your child the full name.

user I'm Australian, and I do think there's a certain assumed "unusable-ness" about Dorothy, mainly because of the Dorothy the Dinosaur association. Plus, it hasn't been a popular name for close to a century and the renewed popularity in the UK hasn't had a flow on effect to here.

Nonetheless, very sorry it was made fun of here. That's shitty.

Caipirin you are so, so correct!

Writing as someone whose first name is Dorothy.... ComfortHer, think seriously about Dorothea. A Dorothea can be "Dottie" when she is little (until she is 4 or so), and then (before she is teased) it can be shortened to "Thea".

I emigrated as a child from the NL to Australia. Dorothy is a normal name in the NL and it is shortened to Dortje.

My Dutch nickname (Dortje) was considered unacceptable by the Australian primary school I attended. My teacher told me that Australian Dorothy's are always called "Dot".

This was swiftly changed to "Snot" and "Snottie" in the playground. The teachers didn't care and I have a strong, unpleasant childhood memory of the headmaster mocking me, calling me "Doffery" (which I still don't understand, but am sure it wasn't a compliment).

When I started university it was a relief to get away from this and introduce myself as "Dorothy".

Even now, in my 40s (Australian) people can't resist. It has changed to mild teasing ... "Oh, where are your red shoes?" (from Wizard of Oz). "Oh Dot and the Kangaroo!" (some stupid Australian book that I have never read). "Dorothy the Dinosaur!" (The Wiggles).

Dorothea is easier.

There are so many words that rhyme that I suspect would get used in school teasing - spotty, potty, grotty, snotty....

No.

Dotty means crazy or mad. So no, I would cringe at Dottie.

Sorry. Don't like it at all.

No

Do this test......

'All rise for Judge Dottie Maynard....' 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

' this is your captain Dottie Wright speaking.....' 🙈🙈🙈

No

Fine for a child not for an adult

I also wouldn't like to be called Dottie, especially not at work.