Dorothy

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Do you like it? I do but am not 100%

I really like it and think it is classic.

I wouldn't have appreciated being called Dorothy. I'm all for old fashioned names but this isn't one of them.

Dorothy Perkins

There's no place like home...

I love it but I'm biased

How about Dorothea?

I like Dorothea but it's a bit poncey. Isn't it?

I'm not sure if I like it but I love Dot as a nickname.

Dorothy/Dotty/Dot/Doll/Do(e)/Dee
V. versatile. I love it :)

I quite like it, but I'm not keen on any of the short forms. Most of the ones I know use the full name, but two are known as Doll.

Dora/Dory/Dorrie
Yep, I'm liking it more and more.
But, then, I LOVE the Wizard of Oz.

I like it, but prefer Dorothea nn Thea

I like it alot, both Dorothy and Dorothea - great classics. (Don't really like Dot though!)

I love it. It means 'a gift'.

I know one and she hates it with a passion. It is really old fashioned in an Enid, Edith, Ethel sort of way. None of which are particularly attractive names.

Dorothy is lovely, as is Dorothea, which I prefer slightly. What's wrong with old fashioned? I find it refreshing and a nice change from all the fashionable names in the top 10.

Dot Cotton.

No, it's awful.

But you wouldn't have to shorten to Dot, would you? Dorothy is said easily enough or you could shorten to Dorrie? Dorothea could be Thea for short?

It's gorgeous. I like Dolly for short.

It means a gift from God, I think. I like it very much. I marginally prefer Dorothea but I wonder how many people would pronounce or spell that right.

My Mum is Doris - nn Dot, although in later years she's been known as Dottie.

80 + years on, she still hasn't forgiven her mother!

Like Dorothy!

I find it a bit heffalumpish, but Dorothea is lovely.

I know a Dorothy and she's known as Dots. It really suits her and once it's attached to a little person I don't think it matters, as they make the name iyswim

I love Dorothy and Dorothea but not convinced I'd use it as a bit old fashioned. Have you thought about flipping the words over to Theodora? Still a classic name but maybe a slightly more modern alternative with all the same potential for nicknames that others have suggested.