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I like Dorothy (prefer Dorothea though), but Dottie feels super silly and childish. It's very bleh. I think it's the -ie spelling that really makes it so cutesy-awful; Dotty, while still kind of silly and definitely old-ladyish, is not nearly as sickening.
I don't really like any nns for Dorothy--Dotty, Dottie, Dolly, Dollie, Dory. Dora is probably the one I find the least offensive. It's a shame that a pretty name like Dorothy has no classy sounding nicknames.
If you like Dorothy nn Dottie then fine, at least your potential daughter of this name will have Dorothy to fall back on when she gets too old for Dottie at age nine. But I would make it Dotty.