View Message

I love it, and especially the nicknames Dottie and Dot

It's just too elderly sounding to be used today, even worse than Doris. I have a cousin in her 40s named Maria Dolores who goes by Lola, I think that's the most acceptable use of the name.

Personally I find the name too elderly. The only Dolores I've known irl have all been over 60. Dot has been their usual nicknames which also sounds very dated. Lola might work on its own but it seems more of a dog name to me.

---

Also Dolores Umbridge is literally the first person I think of and she's not a pleasant association.

---

I don't give much thought in meanings personally.

---

Maybe as a middle name?

I don't know if Dolores will come back for a long time - not even among Spanish-speakers in the U.S. In fact, I've only ever met Black women with this name, and it was usually spelled Delores. Also, the nickname Lola has pretty much become accepted as its own name (similar to Sally, Sadie, and Gretchen), and that I do see trending.

---

That said, I do actually like the name.

Hi !!!

---

I can't pass over the horrible meaning. It is too austere, religious, serious. I hope that it will not come back.

---

My links with it are Dolores O'Riordan (I prefer Riordan despite being masculine), Dolores Umbridge (a Harry Potter's antagonist) and Dolores, a chatterbox woman in 'El Secreto de Puente Viejo'.

---

I can see it on a woman over60, never on a baby. Definetely not my thing.

This message was edited 11/7/2019, 10:34 AM