Dulcie

[sleepyhead3]

Wondering about this name for a baby girl. I really like it but would she just be called 'dull' for short which is a bit of a rubbish nickname?!

it's from the first syllable of the latin root, 'Dolce.'

I'm still not getting you, total ...

Do you mean rhyming with bull or full rather than cull or lull? Does that make sense? I think it's a gorgeous name. It could probably be pn either way.

Have you listened to the pronunciation on blametheparents' link, total?

Surely not, looby!

Looby I pronounce those all the same....

well, all i can think is that when my grandparents named her they had the latin root of the name in mind, and so 'Dulcie' ended up sounding more like 'Dolcie' as in the 'dul' bit sounds exactly like the 'dol' in 'dolce' the latin root.

any clearer?

Oh dear, though I was being helpful! I don't pn those words the same- maybe I have a strange accent then!!

Oh no, it'll be me looby...

OK got it total (I think) ... I do think your grandparents were on their own though

I once went out with an intellectual type who insisted on calling any Jennifers something that sounded more like 'Guinevere' because of the name's supposed French roots ...

You're from the north puppy, right?

Fair enough lockets but I think they've got Dulcie spot-on - I've known a couple (and there was Dulcie Gray, the actress), and have never ever heard the 1st syllable pronounced any way other than "Dull"

I studied Spanish with a dreadful woman called Dulcie.

Seems to be a thumbs up from mumsnet then!

LOVELY!!!!

I love it

I have a Dulcie, beautiful name. x

Like this a lot!

I love the name Dulcie. Cute for a little girl, classy and elegant for an adult.

Dulcie de Lechie.

Too sweet and insipid for me.

I love it.

You are more likely to get 'Dulse' for short than 'dull'

Sorry not keen

Dulcie is absolutely beautiful. I love it.

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