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suzyq60
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« on: Saturday 07 November 09 15:53 UTC (UK) »
I am new at this game and have come across the name Dolly. Is this the real name as I can't seem to trace it further, or is it a version of another name?
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Luzzu
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Re: names
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 07 November 09 15:56 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

Welcome to Rootschat.

Smiley

Not sure but could it be a shortened version of Dorothy Huh

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 07 November 09 15:56 UTC (UK) »
She might have been Dorothy or Dorthea.

My Aunt Doll was Theodora!  Grin

meles
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Re: names
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 07 November 09 16:05 UTC (UK) »
From "The Oxford Names Companion"
Dolly; a pet form of Dorothy, but now more commonly used as a pet form of Dolores, and as an independent given name. It is also in Highland Scottish a pet form of Donald.

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 07 November 09 17:29 UTC (UK) »
or it maybe a pet name, for example:
My Grandfather called his wife "my little Dolly" because she was only 4'6" because of having had ricketts as a child.

It is a name that she became known by throughout her life by all in the family, nieces & nephews etc. 

Her real name was Florence Nightingale - not the famous one though... Wink
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 07 November 09 18:12 UTC (UK) »
Susyq60, I assumed that you meant Dolly as a surname.The Office of National Statistics Surname website states there were 75 "Dolly's" in England and Wales in 2002; so "Hello Dolly!"
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