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Dolly is cute, but I think it's a little bit silly. There's Dolly Parton, and in the time and place where she was born nobody would consider it too nicknamey or too informal. (Her full name is Dolly Rebecca, which is very nice.)
My mother had a friend named Dolores, who was called Dolly. That's the only Dolly I ever knew personally. The only two Doloreses I know, one is called Dee (I believe her middle name starts with a d) and one is just Dolores.

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Doll is way siller than Dolly, it's kind of on the same level as Babe or Honey, not really a name, just a thing you might call somebody either because you are close to them or because you can't be bothered to use their real name. Like a lot of old women I have known call just about everybody honey or sweetie, because they can't remember names.

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Dot is no good. I know several people who call their periods their dot.