Diotima

An unusual way to get to nicknames Dot and Dottie, Diotima is a Greek name that appears in Plato's Symposium, borne by Diotima of Mantinea. A prophetess who predicted (and prevented) a plague, she was also a scholar who taught about love, notably Platonic love.

Also used as a pseudonym in works by Friedrich Hölderlin and Robert Musil, it is currently a very rare choice.

Pronounced dy-AH-tuh-muh.