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I think it's pompous, dated, and with a terrible meaning.

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I can't imagine someone using it to use unless it's a family name or you are devoutly Catholic.

Pronounced the Spanish way it's fine. Pronounced the English way it rhymes with a body part (think Seinfeld.)

nothing the best one Maria Dolores

I don't like the sadness of it much the same way I don't like Brónagh.

I've always found it depressing and stereotypically Spanish. Still, better Dolores than Addolorata.

I've only known one Dolores. She was the mother of one of my good friends growing up. I remember asking her one day if she spelled her name Dolores or Delores and she told me it didn't matter. I thought, how can it NOT matter? Don't you know? I never did find out!

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My impressions: I really dislike the meaning and the sound basically. While I don't hate it, I'm far from loving it, either.

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I like the flow of these combos:

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Dolores Amabel
Dolores Annabel
Dolores Antonia
Dolores Clementine
Dolores Emmeline
Dolores Eva
Dolores Jane
Dolores Madeleine
Dolores Matilda
Dolores Octavia
Dolores Violeta / Violetta
Dolores Viviana

Makes me think of Whoopi in the Sister Act movies.
Not too keen on its rather depressing meaning though... Definitely opposite of the movie character's style.

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If I were just going on sound, Dolores Vivienne sounds nice, but the meaning's rather oxymoronic.

This message was edited 5/27/2010, 2:26 AM

I like:

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Dolores Agatha
Dolores Amabel
Dolores Amandine
Dolores Anna
Dolores Annabel
Dolores Annevieve (you know... Annegret is legit....Annelies is legit...Annevieve...it works too! I vote yes.)
Dolores Antonia
Dolores Ava
Dolores Bryony
Dolores Clementine
Dolores Emeline
Dolores Emma
Dolores Emmeline
Dolores Eugenia
Dolores Eugenie
Dolores Eva
Dolores Eve
Dolores Genevieve
Dolores Godelieve
Dolores Henrietta
Dolores Imogen
Dolores Ione
Dolores Iphigenie (prefer Iphigenia)
Dolores Ivy
Dolores Jane
Dolores June
Dolores Mabel

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I'm partial to Dolores because it was my favorite grandmother's name. She was Dolores Louise. Of your combos I like:

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Dolores Amandine
Dolores Antonia
Dolores Clementine
Dolores Clothilde
Dolores Delphine
Dolores Emmeline
Dolores Eugenie
Dolores Imogen
Dolores Jane
Dolores Johanna
Dolores Juliet
Dolores Léonie
Dolores Lydia
Dolores Madeleine
Dolores Matilda
Dolores May
Dolores Rosamund
Dolores Vianne
Dolores Vivian

Dolores is a pretty name. I also like its solemnity.

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Out of your combos, these are my favorites:
Dolores Amélie
Dolores Annabel
Dolores Annevieve
Dolores Emeline
Dolores Emmeline
Dolores Eva
Dolores Eve
Dolores Genevieve
Dolores Ione
Dolores Ivy
Dolores Madeleine
Dolores Madeline
Dolores May
Dolores Octavia
Dolores Ondine
Dolores Pearl
Dolores Vivian
Dolores Viviana
Dolores Viviane
Dolores Vivienne

I don't much like the sound, and it reminds me a lot of Nabokov's Lolita.

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I like

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Dolores Emmeline
Dolores Imogen
Dolores Rosamund
Dolores Vivienne

I like the look, but not the meaning.