Dotty vs Gay

Dotty

name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dottie. 

Gay

name
  • A female given name from English from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today. 

  • A male given name from English. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname. 

  • An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person. 

How often have the words Dotty and Gay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )