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I like the name Dorothy, it is a sweet sounding name. Dot makes a cool nn.

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Combos:

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Dorothy Anna
Dorothy Penelope
Dorothy Lilian
Dorothy Felicia
Dorothy Gloria
Dorothy Wilhelmina
Dorothy Salome
Dorothy Ella
Dorothy Adeline
Dorothy Teresa

I'm warming up to the name since meeting a 20-something Dorothee.

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Dorothy Maya
Dorothy Emma
Dorothy Breanne
Dorothy Alexandria
Dorothy Maryann
Dorothy Violet
Dorothy Elise
Dorothy Imogen
Dorothy Luella
Dorothy Rosamond
Dorothy Celia
Dorothy Adeline
Dorothy Erin
Dorothy Roseanne
Dorothy Yvonne
Dorothy Cornelia
Dorothy Floretta

It's alright. Not a fave, I guess because it feels a little matronly to me still. But on a younger person I think it'd be nice.

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I'm not a fan of Dot and Dodie. They really do sound frowsy to me still. Dory though... seems nifty.

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I think the -thy sound is one of the appealing things about Dorothy. I like how it's a classic name that is totally English-ized (I know Anglicized is a word but it's not the one I want right now).

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I agree that Marjorie has a similar feel.
Also Audrey, Edith, Helen, Frances, Theresa, Jean, Ursula

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I want to give it flowers:
Dorothy Rosanna
Dorothy Azalea
Dorothy Jasmine
I want to update it too:
Dorothy Melissa
Dorothy Alexis
Dorothy Skye
Dorothy Fiona
or give it more air and mystique:
Dorothy Inanna
Dorothy Jezebel
Dorothy Demetria

This message was edited 5/23/2015, 5:07 PM

I wouldn't use it and I wouldn't like to be called it, but I do think Dorothy is kind of cute.
Marjorie has a similar vibe to me. So does Estelle.

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Dorothy Amber
Dorothy Bridget
Dorothy Cassandra
Dorothy Erin
Dorothy Grace
Dorothy Hope
Dorothy Jasmine
Dorothy Michelle
Dorothy Noelle
Dorothy Paige
Dorothy Rebecca
Dorothy Suzanne
Dorothy Victoria

The nns Dodie and Dottie / Dot and to some extent Dory have endeared the name to me. I was hoping the royal baby would have Dorothea as a middle name, for Kate's grandmother. Nn Thea? Ah well, no one listens to me. :0P

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Dorothy is a very happy name. I can see it making a comeback. Combos:

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Dorothy Ann / Hannah
Dorothy Cordelia
Dorothy Frederica ("freh-DREE-kuh," another one the Cambridges didn't take me up on)
Dorothy Matilda
Dorothy Pearl
Dorothy Clothilde
Dorothy Amelia / Aemilia
Dorothy Petra
Dorothy Claudine
Dorothy Louisa
Dorothy Huguette
Dorothy Susan / Susannah
Dorothy Madeline
Dorothy Hazel
Dorothy Adamina
Dorothy Frances
Dorothy Pippa
Dorothy Isobel / Ishbel

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I've warmed to it recently- my way of dealing with sounds I don't like is skimping on them, kind of mispronouncing them, often. For instance, I usually pronounce Angelique kind of, arn-ye-lee, with only a slight 'k' at the end, and missing out the 'zh' sound altogether. I do the same thing with Dorothy, so it comes out somewhere between 'dorayee' and 'doratee'. I like the nicknames Dot, Tia and Dora.

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Names with the same feel as Dorothy... Well, I really like Dorothy and Talitha as a sibset. But some other ideas:

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Alice
Eleanor
Myrtle
Caroline
Sybil

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I'm not great at finding similar names, sorry. Combos:

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Dorothy Maia
Dorothy Ellen
Dorothy Faith
Dorothy Jade
Dorothy Annemarie
Dorothy Caroline
Dorothy Caitlin
Dorothy Sinead
Dorothy Leda
Dorothy Margot
Dorothy Marian

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Anna Dorothy
Lisbet Dorothy
Freya Dorothy
Eluned Dorothy
Alyssia Dorothy
Helen Dorothy
Sybil Dorothy
Eliza Dorothy

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Isabelle Dorothy May
Dorothy Anna Lise
Freya Dorothy Kate
Lillian Maya Dorothy
Dorothy Louisa Jay
Dorothy Amelia Grace

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Sorry for the sheer amount!

I can't like Dorothy. Terminally dowdy.

I am immensely fond of Dorothy, and lately I've been considering putting Dorothy "Dodie" on my short list. I also wonder how Dorothy "Daisy" might work. I like Dorothea, too, as well as most of its international variants, having been looking at Dorotėja in particular last night.

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As for combinations, I'm liking Dorothy Lark, and Dorothy Camille to a lesser extent.