Which of these three girls' names is nicest?

[artichokes]

I am sure I will start another 200 names threads before this baby actually arrives but tonight DH and I have a shortlist of three. What do you think of them?

Katherine (known as Kitty)
Dorothea (known as Dora or Dotty)
Sophia

One I love and he is unsure, one is vice versa and the third we both think is nice but neither of us love.

Wow. I am not keen on Dorothea, but when I read what your mother said to you, i think you HAVE to get the name in, at the very least in the middle slot.

I really like Thea as a nn for Dorothea.

Love Dorothea/Thea (not keen on Dotty or Dora myself) and think the connection to your mother & Middlemarch is lovely.
Like Katharine/Kitty too

Sophia somehow feels like a compromise name - plus there are a lot of em round here, so I've got a bit bored of it.

Good luck!!

i like them all but think that what your mother said swings it towards Dorothea

another possible shortening could be Dodie (I used to know one whose name ended up shortened to that and I have a friend Dodie, AND DD has somehow ended up having that nick name too so I'm very keen on it)

Kitty is lovely (friend has just had a dd called Kitty short for Kathleen)

Sophia is lovely too

Dorothea just reminds me of Middlemarch

I think Katherine Sophia sounds like a lovely name. I also like Kitty. Cute, but can revert to something more mature when she grows up. Not keen on Dorothea though.

As for spelling, I'd go with Katherine with the 'E'. My daughter is a Katherine, and you rarely see the name on the books and pens etc these days, but when you do it is always with an 'E'. So if your little one wants her name on stickers, pens etc.... you need the 'E' .

HTH

No t keen on Katherine and she will be forever spelling it out
The others are nice

Sophia is my favourite

Katherine , would probably use katie not kitty because we have a few kitty's near us

Dorothea not keen. sorry

Sophia is my favourite, I think it's a lovely name.