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Dorothy is so versatile that Dottie wouldn't be a high-risk nn. And it is fun, if it suits her. Could be a disaster on the wrong kind of girl - quiet, serious, shy Dottie? I think not. Cheerful, outgoing Dottie? Yesyesyes.

I love Dorothy precisely because of the nickname Dot. In elementary school, I had a school bus driver who was named Dorothy and went by Dot. She was a wonderful lady, like a grandmother to us all.

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I would totally love a girl named Dorothy and called Dottie. Or Dot or Dori or Doro.

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.

I think it's fine. And the older names are coming back. Maybe they just see the Masons, Jadens, Makennas, Sophias, Isabellas, Noahs, etc, so they don't notice that. Or they're in the generation that still thinks it's Mom's/ Aunt's name, so no- no good.

It's ok. I immediately think of Dottie Hinson from "A League of Their Own," which is my favorite movie of all time, so that's pretty cool. I'm not a huge fan of Dorothy in the first place though. I have a teenaged cousin named Dorothy who I think gets called Dot and DJ quite a bit. I tend to like Dot the best- it gives off a tougher, or at least "cheekier" vibe than Dottie, which is all doilies and blue-hairs to me.

I like it. My niece was almost going to be Dorothy/Dottie, but they went with Judith/Judy instead.