Matilda v Molly v Dorothy

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I m drawn towards Dorothy especially if she comes out with dark hair but am worried its too 'old'??! We already have a little boy called George......Help! :)

Dorothy (dott), Matilda (mattie) then Molly. The last two are very popular,

I like Dorothy, with Dot/Dotty as a NN. Also like Penelope and Violet though, all of which were vetoed in this house

I have a 5 month old Dorothy, so it's a fantastic name and demonstrates incredibly good taste.

Dorothy is fantastic. Love it.Go for it.

Matilda is very nice too though.

Molly is nice,but very poular.

Love Dorothy and Matilda . Not keen on Mollie.

Adore Dorothy, also Dorothea.

Molly not so much.

Matilda is ok.

Dorothy and Matilda are both lovely. I suspect Dorothy is a little bit less popular though

Like all 3 but would choose Dorothy myself - the other 2 are quite popular at the minute and IMO Dorothy is lovely and timeless

Its funny how it depends what day of the week it is. I suggested Dorothy/Dottie last month and I was quite upset by the end of it. Not one person liked it and they all laughed.

I adore it. Go for it

I must have missed that thread,Nightwatch. I adore Dorothy.

Glad I missed that thread Nightwatch!

I like all three! Think dorothy shortened to dottie is really sweet.

Dorothy (or Dorothea?)

Matilda and Molly both fine, but much, much more popular.

Love Matilda.

Not keen on Dorothy, just conjours up images of long grey hair and support stockings to me and don't like Dot - too diminutive or Dotty - mad. Also beware of looking out for dark hair at birth both my now very, very blonde daughters were born with very dark hair.

But prefer to Dorothy to Molly.

Dorothy!! I'm expecting DC2 and it's our number 1 on the list if we have a girl. We already have a Beatrice. Struggling with boys names though!! I only love Ralph....and DH will not have it!

Dora is a cute nn for Dorothy. It is a bit of an old lady name but she'd blend right in with all the Bettys, Mabels and Ethels.

Not too keen on Molly, lots of Matildas around but still a lovely name.

Definitely Dorothy!

Dorothy - pretty and underused
Matilda/Tilly - overused, and dislike (along with other similar names like Hilda, Clothilde, Brunnhilde etc)
Molly - too nicknamey, just about OK as nickname for Mary

Thanks everyone..showed hubby and think this has given us the confidence to go with Dorothy....I do like Nancy aswell but hubby not so keen due to the one in Oliver! And they say us women think too much!ha...Now just the middle name to sort out!....

Dorothy is beautiful

Matilda by far the best.

Dorothy is beautiful.
Was on my list for DD :)

Dorothy too old for me personally but Dorothea (Thea) is lovely
I like Molly but know a few pets with that name
Matilda is nice but i much prefer Tilly