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Dulcie is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin dulcis, meaning sweet. It has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 1800s. It was a recreation in a new form of Duce, Douce, or Dowse, an older English name in use since the Middle Ages that was derived from the same Latin source word. Dulcia was a form of the name in use in the Later Roman Empire. Dulcis and Dulceta were both in use in records recorded in Latin in medieval France, where the name came from the Old French words dolz or dous and Middle French words doux and douce, all also from the Latin dulcis. The names Dolcis and Dulcis are found in Latin records in medieval Italy; Dulcia and Dulciae in Latin records in medieval Portugal. Dowsabel or Dousabel, or Dulcibel or Dulcibella in modern English, was derived from the Latin dulcis in combination with bellus, or beautiful, and also had the connotation of sweetheart.
Dulce is a Spanish form of the name that is often used in combination with the name Maria. Dulce María is a title used by Catholics for Mary, mother of Jesus that is sometimes translated into English as Blessed Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary. Dulcinea is a Spanish elaboration of the name popularized by its use by Miguel de Cervantes for an idealized imaginary female character in his novel Don Quixote. Dulcinée is the French version of this name.




Usage


Dulcie has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in England and Wales since 1997. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in New Zealand between 1907 and 1931. It was among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States at different times between 1880 and 1905, but then declined in use. It was used for five American girls born in 2022.




Notable people


Dulcie Boling (born 1936), Australian businesswoman and magazine editor
Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), English watercolor and oil painter
Dulcie Cooper (1903–1981), Australian actress
Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972), Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor
Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946), British-born Canadian landscape painter
Dulcie Gray (1915–2011), British actress
Dulcie Hartwell (1915–2012), South Africa trade union leader
Dulcie Holland (1913–2000), Australian composer and music educator
Dulcie Howes (1908–1993), South African ballet dancer
Dulcie Markham (1914–1976), Australian prostitute and associate of gangland figures
Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye (1923–2018), English-born Nigerian jurist who was the country's second female judge
Dulcie Mary Pillers (1891–1961), English medical illustrator
Dulcie September (1935–1988), South African anti-apartheid political activist who was assassinated
Dulcie Tei (fl. 2022–present), Tongan politician
Dulcie Wood (fl. 1953–1961?), South Africa former cricketer




Fictional characters


the title character of Defining Dulcie, a young adult novel by Paul Acampora
the title character of Dulcie's Adventure, a 1916 American silent film
a computer in "Dulcie and Decorum", a science fiction short story by Damon Knight
Dulcie Collins, one of the main characters in the Australian series Deadloch
Dulcie Duveen, Arthur Hastings' future wife in The Murder on the Links detective novel by Dame Agatha Christie
Dulcie Maes, in the film adaptation of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas musical
Dulcie Wintle, in the 1957 children's novel Wintle's Wonders by Noel Streatfeild




See also


Dulcie Ranges National Park, national park in the Northern Territory, Australia
Dulce (disambiguation)




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