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Trixie or Dolly

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Zeelove · 20/03/2018 06:57

Beatrix (Trixie) or Dorethy/dolores (Dolly)....
Which is nicer? :)

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User27839494 · 23/03/2018 07:00

DogWoman when was the last time you were in a school? I’ve said it multiple times but kids don’t give a shit what your name is nowadays. They are more likely to judge you on your trainers. It’s adults that have the issues here and are trying to say it’s the children🙄

LoveInTokyo · 23/03/2018 00:19

I prefer Beatrix/Trixie both are fine.

If you go for Dorothy, please don’t misspell it. Smile

DogWoman123 · 22/03/2018 06:41

Of course it isn't! Fucking Dolly at senior school. Jesus wept.

Twelve8Ts · 21/03/2018 23:29

Totally agree about the bullying comments! It’s such a load of rubbish!

LastNightsMakeUp · 20/03/2018 12:34

Dorothea?

I know a little Dorothy and an adult Dorothy and they’re both referred to as Dotty

AnyaMoondial · 20/03/2018 10:23

Beatrix nn Trixie is my fave of the two.
I prefer Dorothy to Delores and prefer Dotty as nn too, that's really cute.

There was a Delores nn dolly at my school. I remember her being excessively annoying and a bit of a cow but I don't remember her being teased at all.

ColinTheDachshund · 20/03/2018 10:17

There are some great strong Dorothys - Hodgkin, Sayers, and yes, Dolly Parton.

Trixie is a good name for a small dog.

InspiredByIntegrity · 20/03/2018 10:12

Dorothy, Dotty, Dolly would be my choice. Hasn't done Dolly Parton any harm !

Buxbaum · 20/03/2018 10:05

Love both Beatrix and Dorothy, but love Dorothea even more.

MadMaryBoddington · 20/03/2018 09:50

Dorothy - very 1950s. Still feels old fashioned, not in a renaissance of old lady 1920s names (Lily, Hazel etc). Pros - not likely to be another one in her class. - There are two Dorothys in dd’s class. One is shortened to Dot. I like the name. Dolly is terribly childish but at least she could revert to Dorothy on moving up from Preschool.

Not a fan of Beatrix or Trixie personally.

BevBrook · 20/03/2018 09:47

I think Dorothy is a lovely name, and Dolly is fine., not my cup of tea but nothing wrong with it. I prefer Beatrice to Beatrix, and again Trixie is fine but not my cup of tea, it sounds like a girl in a school-story comic ("Trixie saves the day!") which is not a bad thing.

ChocolateCrunch · 20/03/2018 09:42

Dolly nn for Dorothy, but like Dotty/Dot too.

DollyLlama · 20/03/2018 09:42

Just jumping in with a vote for Dolly Grin

Abouttoblow · 20/03/2018 09:40

Why change the spelling of Dorothy to Dorethy?
Cue lifetime of your child having to correct everyone's spelling Confused

MammieBear · 20/03/2018 09:37

Beatrix is a lovely name as is Dorothy, not as keen on Delores think it's mainly because of the meaning. If popularity makes a difference I'd say go with Dorothy or Delores.

villainousbroodmare · 20/03/2018 09:37

I prefer Dorothy or even Dolores to Beatrix. Dolly and Trixie are truly awful imo, but I suppose as long as they have a full bc name...

BossWitch · 20/03/2018 09:32

One of the advantages of asking about baby names online is people will tell you what they actually think. As opposed to real life, when people will smile and now and say 'lovely!' when really they are thinking 'wtf?!'.

You can name your child however you like, but you can't control what people think about that name.

Flamingoringo · 20/03/2018 09:32

I always wonder if the people who claim children will be bullied in school because of their names spend any time is schools at all??

I agree. I once taught a class with a King David, a Farty and a Sugar. No one said a word.

Beatrix is my choice. It’s what my unborn child was going to be had he been a girl.

User27839494 · 20/03/2018 09:31

I actually work in a behaviour school😂 so the complete opposite of a ‘very nice school.’ Sorry if you had a bad experience but children are a lot more accepting of diverse names nowadays, a name is just a name to children, it’s adults that label names ‘stripper names’

toomanyweeds · 20/03/2018 09:30

TBF there is a Trixie in Deadwood who works as a prostitute be she is ACE and a role model in a number of ways.

deadwood.wikia.com/wiki/Trixie

I still like Beatrix/Trixie Smile

DogWoman123 · 20/03/2018 09:27

I was teased mercilously about my name because it sounds like something else. I think whoever said kids don't do this must have kids at a very nice school, you're living in cloud cuckoo land if you think it doesn't go on now.

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Zeelove · 20/03/2018 09:15

Great, stripper names. Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for Hmm. It find it quite amusing that Dolly was the (shortened) name of an old neighbour of mine who died a few years back. She definitely was not a stripper. Maybe they've been out for too long to be classed amongst the Ivy's and the iris's and the Mabel's that there seem to be a lot of?

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juneau · 20/03/2018 09:05

Well if Jordan can call her kid Bunny and Jamie Oliver can call his Bear then I doubt Dolly wouldn't be allowed! In this country you can pick just about anything, as long as it's not offensive or an incitement to hatred or violence.

MiniTheMinx · 20/03/2018 09:03

Trixie and Dolly sound like strippers. Nothing wrong if you're happy with that.

pipilangstrumpf · 20/03/2018 08:55

Dolly sounds ridiculous and cutesy to me, like a little Doll or other toy.

But that's just me opinion and thankfully we all have different tastes Smile

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