Name to give nn Dulcie

[ReinholdMessner]

I know that Dulcie is a name in its own right, but it sounds quite nicknamey to my mind. There is an established longer name, Dulcibella, but I can't do that to the child.

Any thoughts on a longer name which could give Dulcie as a nn?

Dulcolax?

Dolcelatta
Ridiculous to try to fit a name to a nickname. Nicknames evolve. Just pick a name you actually like.

Dulcie is a name. Just call DD Dulcie.

Dullicent

As an established name it sounds no more nicknamey than Sophie or Amelie etc

Just go with dulcie. Anything else will sound like a pet name of dulcie (like dulciebella!!

dullard

Dulcibella is bloody awful. I know a Dulcie, it's fine by itself.

Sorry OP for my assholish post above!

Dulcie is a lovely name and sounds nice on its own. I wouldn't worry about it being nicknamey.

It does sound dull.

How about similar names like Delphine or Damaris or Delores?

How do you pronounce it?

Dool-see

Interesting thoughts, thank you. Delphine is pretty.

I think Delphine nn Dulcie is really sweet! :)

Daphne?

You'd be best off just giving a D name you liked (because she may well just choose to use that, or a different NN) and call her Dulcie.

It would work best if the name was quite long I think:

Dorothy
Deborah
Delphine
Delilah

my fave - Demelza.

Dulcie is a lovely name in it's own right, but being the owner of one myself, I feel I must warn you that pretty much everyone will insist on calling her Darcy. The people that don't tend to be pretty quick to point out the similarity.

So how do you pronounce it?!

Dulificent?

I love Dulcie. ??

LOL at Dulificent.

Dullabella
Dullothy
Dullinetta
Dullibeth
Dullivieve
Dullie-Mae

Dulcima?

I think it's a name. If you really like it use it. In Catalan they have Dulça which is a name. Meaning sweet I would think. Perhaps there is a foreign equivalent you could use and shorten if unsure.

I liked Posy and struggled with Josephine. I eventually accepted Posy in its own right but OH vetoed it

Sorry DrinkFeck, I think my last post gave the impression that Dulcie is my name. It actually belongs to my daughter. We pronounce it Dulsee, but the London accent murders it, saying Dowsy (as in 'oww' my ears hurt when you call my girl Dowsy/Darcy ) We are changing it.

Dulcima. Though, I got it from a book.

Thanks snufflebum. Love name

Dulcie is a beautiful name, don't change it.