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I've known many a Delores (only a couple were Dolores) over the years, all of which were 'older' women. Only one had a nn, and that was Dee. I used to dislike it but it's started to grow on me a bit. Dolly could definitely work as a nn for Dolores, but I don't care for Dolly myself. Delly or Della could work for Delores.

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Doris is ok, but I've known many of those as well, including a cousin. I tend to not like names as well if I have a lot of people that I can associate with them, which may have something to do with why I like less popular names. :b

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I've never thought about it, but I'm not that crazy about most -is names. Except for Curtis, which I adore (my 10-year-old nephew having that name doesn't hurt, lol). And then there's Candis, my sister, who was named after my aunt, spelled the same way. (We're all pretty sure our grandparents just didn't know how to spell Candice/Candace. :-/) Many of the -is names have that '60s and '70s feel, and most of those names, imo, aren't yet ready for a comeback. But I'm particularly interested in old-fashioned names at the moment, which I guess means older than the 1920s. :)

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~Heather~