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We have decided on Delyth for our daughter.

DH had a dearly loved grandma called Dorothy, known as Dot, and would like to honor her by adding the name as a middle name. We agree that Delyth Dorothy is a bit too much, but does Delyth Dot Surname sound like an email address? Is that even a problem?

TIA

It does sound like an email address to me I’m afraid. I don’t think Delyth Dorothy is too much, unless your surname also begins with a D?

Yes it sounds a bit odd but I don’t think I’ve ever said my children’s full names out loud to anyone so it doesn’t really matter

Just use Dorothy, I don't think very many people even know that I have a middle name!

Can you add another middle name in between?

Delyth (short name) Dorothy (surname)

I think it's quite cool it sounds like an email address or web address

But as others have said just use the full name if that's the one you're wanting to honour. I don't even know my best friends' middle names I'm afraid to say. No idea if they have one or not

I think Delyth Dorothy is lovely.

Yes, Delyth Dot Surname does sound like an email address. When she’s older it will probably be her exact email address at work.

I know people don’t use middle names very often, but she’ll know her name sounds like an email address.

Dot in the middle of a name sounds awful sorry

Delyth Dorothy sounds really cool (and would give her the option of the retro nn Deedee if she wanted!). I think it's always nice to honour loved ones with the middle name choice (but Delyth Dot does sound like an email address).

Yeah she would have a lifetime of going "no, dot as in D, O, T"

I like both Dorothy and Dot

Delyth Dorothy sounds lovely.

Use Dorothy. Dot doesn't work.

I think Delyth Dorothy sounds lovely! I dont think using just dot works really.. it does sound a bit like an email.. maybe you could use dotty or Doro?
But personally I'd go for Delyth Dorothy, I dont think its too much at all.

Love the name Dot! Could you do Dot Delyth Surname, but call her Delyth day to day? I know a couple of people whose first name is purely for the birth certificate to honour a relative but their known-as name is the middle one.

I think Delyth Dorothy sounds really pretty, go for that!

Dot doesn't work as a name in its own right.

Delyth Dorothy is okay, as long as your surname doesn't include another 'th' sound.

I really like delyth dorothy. My DD has 2 of her great grandmothers names and it's doesn't go but works. She's 3 now and her middle names have only ever been used at her christening so far!

Dot isn't a name. It's a punctuation mark

Yes it sounds like an email address!

Delyth Dorothy works fine. Or if you don't like Dorothy fancy it up to Dorothea?

I think Delyth Dorothy is lovely as is Dorothy Delyth for that is worth. One dd1’s friends name is Dot and it’s fab just like her!

I prefer Dorothy nn Dot to Delyth. Delyth is a 60-yr old's name.

I've never heard of delyth to be honest..

I'd use Dorothy - it's ok together and like others said you never really use your full name or have is called out loud.

I would use a third middle name:

Delyth Joan Dorothy
Delyth Rose Dorothy
Delyth Claire Dorothy
Delyth Joy Dorothy

@PrivateParty, Delyth was very popular in Wales in the 1950s and 1960s.