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Pretty middle name for Dottie?

111 replies

blossomstar · 25/10/2022 13:44

Any ideas on a very pretty middle name for Dottie? Xxx

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LeMoo · 25/10/2022 17:06

Dottie Louise

And Dottie is fine so don't be put off.

FennelAndOnions · 25/10/2022 17:04

Rose/Grace/May are boring filler middle names. Every girl has them.

Agree about Dottie, it’s so twee.

Choconut · 25/10/2022 17:02

Dottie is a nickname surely? If not I'd go for something like Dottie Freya so she has a strong grown up middle name if she's not a fan of 'very cutesy' Dottie.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 25/10/2022 17:00

EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn · 25/10/2022 16:57

I’d suggest that the OP does exactly that - just for a day or so, tries introducing herself to strangers with ‘I’m Dottie’ and seeing what reaction she gets.

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My Aunt dottie is dead now but I loved her name, she would have been in her 90s now, its not an unusual adult name Confused

ZeroFuchsGiven · 25/10/2022 16:59

I think Dottie Louise flows lovely.

EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn · 25/10/2022 16:57

whosaidtha · 25/10/2022 16:54

Dottie is very cute for a baby. But please remember you are naming an adult too. Would you honestly want to introduce yourself to people as Dottie??

I’d suggest that the OP does exactly that - just for a day or so, tries introducing herself to strangers with ‘I’m Dottie’ and seeing what reaction she gets.

whosaidtha · 25/10/2022 16:54

Dottie is very cute for a baby. But please remember you are naming an adult too. Would you honestly want to introduce yourself to people as Dottie??

ThistleSifter · 25/10/2022 16:49

I don’t think the middle name matters so much as it’ll always sound like the first name is a “crazy” descriptor of the middle name when said out loud. “It’s Dottie sue from down the road” etc.

I’m not a huge fan of abbreviated first names being the official name though, so would go for Dorothy [middle name] and use Dottie as a nn/used name if I was going down this path.

SmurfStar · 25/10/2022 16:49

@MrsTerryPratchett Yeah defo. Suppose you can't know until they're that bit older

MrsTerryPratchett · 25/10/2022 16:46

SmurfStar · 25/10/2022 16:43

@blossomstar Sorry people are being so mean. What matters is what you think.

And the child, right? That's actually the important thing.

Crikeyalmighty · 25/10/2022 16:43

Victoria
Juliet
Grace
Elouise
Eleanor

SmurfStar · 25/10/2022 16:43

@blossomstar Sorry people are being so mean. What matters is what you think.

stopringingme · 25/10/2022 16:40

Elizabeth
Louise
May
Rebecca
Reeva
Ruth
Lynette
Lyra
Eden
Eve
Marie
Rose
Lauren
Maeve
Mabel
Suzanne/Susanna
Therese
Hannah
Helen / Helena
Julia / Julie
Juliet
Michelle
Micheala
Jasmine
Jade

Wonnle · 25/10/2022 16:40

Snotty

Malfi · 25/10/2022 16:19

I think you need the opposite of “very pretty” for a middle name. You can go strong yet feminine:
Caroline
Matilda
Francesca
Beatrice

EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn · 25/10/2022 16:17

But ‘dotty’ is an insult - you can’t inflict that on a child as her first name?

falllakes · 25/10/2022 16:15

Dottie Beau is definitely a joke.

I think a more adult name as a middle name might be the way to go, to give some choices down the line.

Malfi · 25/10/2022 16:13

SmurfStar · 25/10/2022 15:55

Dottie Marie
Dottie Rose ..

Someone wrote Dottie beau I think that's adorable .

Dottie is such a beautiful name xx

I think the someone saying Dottie Beau is having a joke…

BillyBigBillicks · 25/10/2022 16:09

Dottie Agatha
Dottie Annie
Dottie Tabitha
Dottie Iris
Dottie Flora
Dottie Hannah
Dottie Penelope

VeganGordie · 25/10/2022 16:07

dottie isabella

WallaceinAnderland · 25/10/2022 15:59

Dorothy Elizabeth - Dottie Betty

SureThingy · 25/10/2022 15:59

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SureThingy · 25/10/2022 15:57

Dottie Margot
Dottie Beatrix
Dottie Rose
Dottie Jean
Dottie Viola
Dottie Serena
Dottie Indigo
Dottie Innes

JengaNonConfirming · 25/10/2022 15:57

I love Dottie!

Dottie Rae
Dottie Anne
Dottie Marie

StrataZon · 25/10/2022 15:56

Dottie Elizabeth