Can I use Dorothy & Theodore?

[PumpkinandMuffin]

My son's middle name is Theodore. I really want to use Dorothy (for my daughter's middle name) but someone said "you can't do that, they're the same name" help!

I know someone with an Owen and a Noah and they feel anagrammy!
But middle names are fine 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think it is completely fine to use those names, especially as middle names. Most people wouldn't make that connection anyway. Good name choices!

I wouldn’t have known that. If it’s a middle name isn’t it quite a nice link between the two of them?

It’s fine, they’re middle names, they’ll never been said together

Perfectly fine for middle names.

Fine for middle names.

Fine for middle names, not for first.

Fine

It's fine

Fine for middle names

Totally fine for middle names!

Dorothy & Theodore sounds like a lovely upmarket shop that sells beautiful handmade clothing for little ones, or perhaps gorgeous tableware!

Nothing wrong with those names together, first or second or any combination. They are lovely.

Fine, even for first names. Although tbh I'm not crazy about Dorothy.

Absolutely fine. Now I want to start a little business called Dorothy and Theodore :)

Well they are basically the same name but as middle names it’s fine! I know someone who has a Daisy and a Marguerite

Absolutely fine and I love both names! I knew a Jane Sian... her parents didn't realise it's the same name twice.

great names, think would make good first names too....i think nice to have same meaning and love dot/dottie as nn

It’s fine imo

I like Dorothy, Dot and Dotty/Dottie but I really don't like Dorothea, Theodore and Theadora.

I think it's lovely that they'll have matching middle names!

Plus no one will notice or care.

Well, they are the same but for a middle name, who cares?

When I read the thread title I immediately thought of a CBeebies card I saw years ago for siblings Dolly and Teddy ....

I know twin sisters called Katy and Kathy, and I know another set of sisters called Cathryn and Katie. So I think your Theodore and Dorothy as middle names is totally fine!