Besides the obvious [name]Dorothy[/name] (I kinda like [name]Dorotea[/name]), I want to know what the naming specialists could come up with names that could have the nickname [name]Dot[/name] (my hubby and I love the 1940’s)
Nothing great…
Eudotia
[name]Dakota[/name]
[name]Donatella[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Demetria[/name]
Like you said, [name]Dorothy[/name] and [name]Dorothea[/name]/[name]Dorotea[/name] are the two most obvious (and probably the most lovely) options. You could flip [name]Dorothea[/name] and get [name]Theodora[/name] and use [name]Dot[/name] as a nickname. To stretch it a bit you could also use [name]Doris[/name], [name]Dorrit[/name], [name]Dorota[/name] (used on Gossip Girl) or [name]Dortea[/name].
I found all of these on the 1940 social security popular name list
Aldora
[name]Ardith[/name]
Audelia
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Clothilde[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Diantha[/name]
[name]Dolores[/name]
Donetta
[name]Dorothea[/name]
Eldonna
[name]Eldora[/name]
[name]Elodia[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
Idolina
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Ladonna[/name]
[name]Madonna[/name]
[name]Madora[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Modesta[/name]
[name]Odelia[/name]
[name]Odella[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Wendolyn[/name]
There’s also [name]Theodosia[/name] or [name]Theophila[/name]…
[name]Dorothea[/name] is my favorite of the “[name]Dot[/name]” “[name]Dottie[/name]”" names…very sweet!
I love the nn [name_f]Dot[/name_f] but our surname ends in the same i sound as [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f].
What about [name_f]Peridot[/name_f]?
[name_f]Dora[/name_f]?? I really like [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcie[/name_f]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]