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Pretty middle name for Dottie?

111 replies

blossomstar · 25/10/2022 13:44

Any ideas on a very pretty middle name for Dottie? Xxx

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Toddlerteaplease · 25/10/2022 22:26

Please don't call your child Dotty.

Toddlerteaplease · 25/10/2022 22:27

@EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn my grandma was called Dorothy, she hated being called Dotty. As you say it's an insult.

MuchTooTired · 25/10/2022 22:31

Dottie Belle

OoooSweetChildOMine · 25/10/2022 22:43

Dottie Bird

ManefesationofConciousness · 26/10/2022 00:33

Dottie Doodah

TheBirdintheCave · 26/10/2022 00:57

The only Dottie I knew was actually called Dorothy. It's a nickname, not a given name.

Mumofgirls2017 · 26/10/2022 06:17

Dottie juniper
dottie rosalie
dottie annabelle
dottie willow
dottie clementine
dottie primrose
dottie juliet

merrymelodies · 26/10/2022 06:22

Dottie Bottie

LeMoo · 26/10/2022 09:55

@merrymelodies @ManefesationofConciousness don't be so bloody rude

BillyBigBillicks · 26/10/2022 10:18

Theskyisfallingdown · 25/10/2022 22:10

Dottie wren is describing a spotty bird though.

You sound very childish

Theskyisfallingdown · 26/10/2022 10:41

How? It’s factual. Dotty pattern, dotty dress, it’s a description word when placed before a word that’s an object. A wren is a bird.

Theskyisfallingdown · 26/10/2022 10:46

I don’t appreciate being called names for pointing out an obvious fact.

LeMoo · 26/10/2022 11:14

@Theskyisfallingdown no, that's a Jenny Wren

Dottie as a name is long established

Dotty as a word is different

BillyBigBillicks · 26/10/2022 11:20

Theskyisfallingdown · 26/10/2022 10:46

I don’t appreciate being called names for pointing out an obvious fact.

It isn't an obvious fact though

Dassams · 26/10/2022 11:31

But dotty and dottie sound the same. An adjective meaning full of dots.

TheBirdintheCave · 26/10/2022 11:32

What @Theskyisfallingdown means is that when naming someone you should take into account that combining two commonly used words is going to sound like a sentence. Dottie is a nickname yes but it's also an adjective. In the same way that you wouldn't use something like Violet Rose or Sunny Joy perhaps its best avoiding using a noun as a middle name for a girl who will be nicknamed Dottie.

Bramblejoos · 26/10/2022 12:04

I've known a Dot (other than Cotton) over the years - I've never known a Dottie or Dotty and I'm 70

LeMoo · 26/10/2022 12:36

🙄

NKFell · 26/10/2022 12:38

I too would say a strong middle name.

I know a woman called Hattie who then chose to go by her middle name professionally.

ManefesationofConciousness · 26/10/2022 13:16

LeMoo · 26/10/2022 09:55

@merrymelodies @ManefesationofConciousness don't be so bloody rude

In what way rude?
I made a number of suggestions based on what come to mind

Dottie Doodah is a real name- its a well know phrase

Dassams · 26/10/2022 14:06

I know a woman called Hattie who then chose to go by her middle name professionally.

I don't blame her. Who would want be known as a little 🎩 hat?!

merrymelodies · 26/10/2022 14:09

Not rude, just kindly suggesting one of the (many) nicknames your daughter is likely to be called by her peers. Behind her back or to her face.

ManefesationofConciousness · 26/10/2022 14:55

LeMoo · 26/10/2022 09:55

@merrymelodies @ManefesationofConciousness don't be so bloody rude

dottydoodahs.co.uk

Beachs · 01/11/2022 17:59

Dorothy Charlotte aka Dottie Lottie love it

miffmufferedmoof · 01/11/2022 18:21

Everyone saying how lovely a name it is, are you not aware that it means crazy/loopy/batty?
You can’t do that to a child!