Dorothy....and family namesakes

[Rinkan]

My Mum is called Dorothy. She was named for the Wizard of Oz, which my granny apparently loved. I also love the film and as I was watching "Over the Rainbow" last year and saw it linked to all those pretty young girls, realised how much I also liked the name. So, thoughts? Is it actually a bit of a cartoon name? And is it odd to name a child after your Mum? I've only ever called her "Mum" of course so to me it's less tribute, more just coincidence that she has a name I like.

Ooh, nice that everyone has given a ringing endorsement of Dorothy as a lovely name. My Mum was known as Dot in her family but my Dad was a bit posh and always insisted on calling her Dorothy; she was glad to revert to the full name.

Only slight prob is that I am a very committed atheist so perhaps calling my child Gift from God is out of keeping with my principles

You could hedge your bets?

Dorothy/Dot/Dotty nope

Dorothea (pronounced Doro-taya but maybe not in uk?) is nice

Thea either as main name or nn is lovely