Dorothea

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We have recently found out we are expecting DC3 and this is my last chance to persuade DH to use the name Dorothea. I love it, always have but he vetoed it for 1 and 2. I love the full name but also love the nicknames Dora, Thea and Dotty.

The name also has a special meaning for me because my late mother's last letter to me encouraged me to "nurture the Dorothea in yourself and shun the Rosamund" (reference to the characters in Middlemarch).

What is the general consensus? Would a little Dorothea get teased?

I love the name Dorothea, I think that people become used to names very quickly. I'm a teacher and have taught an Elsie and a Hettie recently - my initial though was those are names you don't usually assosiate with children, but once they ahd been in school a week it seemed normal.

lovely name with lovely short versions. go for it.