Please vote due in two weeks and can't decide between two names

[MayFlower22]

As per title I am due dd in a couple of weeks and keep going backwards and forwards with her name choice.
We can't decide between Dorothy and Dorothea. I love Dorothy but not sure if it's a bit marmite? But maybe Dorothea is a bit of a mouthful?
Would appreciate opions thank you.

Both very dated but Dorothea has a nice nn option in Thea so i'd go with that!

Dorothy for sure, Dorothea sounds too tried hard, a bit too full of itself

Dorothy 🥰

Dorothy

Dorothy is a lovely name 🙂

For some reason my brain can't process Dorothea as a 'real' name, it feels more like the name of a character somehow

Looks like you've got a pretty equal split OP! I guess 'Dorothy' feels more traditional English and 'Dorothea' has a slight classical/regency flair but there's nothing in it really. I like them both. Would agree Dorothy is the more marmite of the two.

Dorothy. I don't like Thea but Dot is great, and Doll is quite cool

@Redleavescatfiend I meant you would either love Dorothy or hate it rather than be indifferent. I wonder if it's as useable as the other names of the generation like Florence or Evelyn.

Dorothea if you must.

I'd go with Dora though. Much more contemporary.

I'm indifferent

Dorothea.

Or you could flip it and call her Theodora.

@GlassOuijan Theadora is a lovely alternative! Much better than either Dorothy or Dorothea in my opinion!

Dorothy. I think

Dorothy

Dorothea

Dorothy 🥰

I try to avoid bringing up a name not mentioned but it is interesting that basically switching the halves of the name around does (at least to me) result in a nicer name. And it obviously can result in the same nicknames as Dorothea.

I’d go with Dorothy.

I like dorothea x

Dorothea

Dorothy - I love it with Dottie as a nickname

Neither

Dorothea

Dorothea is the main character in George Eliot’s Middlemarch.

Dorothy is much nicer. I know a few Dotties, DotDots, all fantastic