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Dorothea seems less religious and more mainstream than Theodora. The only Dorothea I know has never gone by any nn. And the only Theodora I know was named by her father (a church minister) because of its meaning, but she disliked it so much that she got everyone except her father to call her Theo. I've never known an Isadora, and I'm happy about that. I don't like Isidora, or Isidore, but at least they are authentic.

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I prefer Dorothea to Dorothy.