Dorothy ("Dodie")

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VictoriaOKeefe · 15/02/2018 09:45

watching the reruns of My Three Sons on MeTV, I was wondering, how likely would it have been for a real life girl born in 1963 to have been named Dorothy? And the nickname Dodie, instead of Dotty or Dorry, seems even less likely.

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BlueChampagne · 15/02/2018 12:42

Um, 101 Dalmatians author?

vandrew4 · 15/02/2018 19:11

Round here "Dodie" is what people call a dummy ( ie the thing babies put in their mouth).

daisypond · 15/02/2018 19:23

I don't think it's that unlikely. Dorothy was at number 124 in the 1960s - in America. In the '50s it was at number 58. So it was on the way out, but still used. Dodie is a common nickname - as was said: Dodie Smith.

PancakeInMaBelly · 15/02/2018 19:25

I know a Dorothy who is that age.
NN Dot/Dotty
Dodie is a nn for a pacifier

ineedamoreadultieradult · 15/02/2018 19:27

Dodie is a dummy (the kind for babies)

daisypond · 15/02/2018 19:34

I've never heard of dodie meaning a dummy. Maybe it's regional?

HirplesWithHaggis · 15/02/2018 19:37

My sister's friend is called Dorothy, she was born 1960. And "Dodie" means a baby dummy, or a diminutive for George round my parts.

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 15/02/2018 19:41

DD is a huge fan of the you tuber/singer Dodie who must have been born about 1995 or something so it's still a name that's used. My previous association was the 100 Dakmatians author though.

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