Dolce

A girls’ name of Italian origin, meaning sweet, gentle, pleasant.

Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies

Dolce by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Dolce.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dolce. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dulcesweet355 in the US (2017)
  • Dolciesweet, gentle; a variant spelling of Dulcie116 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dolcey4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dollygift of god; a form of Dorothy144 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dulciesweet; a form of Dulciana86 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dolliedoll; a diminutive of Dorothy or Dolores55 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean gentleness

Like Dolce, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Dolce

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