Definition of "Dulcie"

Three green bonnets at church one day / Dulcie and Daisy and Dorothy May / Three green bonnets that nod in a row/ Each bonnet tied with a green ribbon bow.

1904 Al Harris - Guy d'Hardelot, Three Green Bonnets (a song)

"Probably most people hate the name they've got," she said. "Take Dulcie.""It's not bad," he said slowly. "It's sort of exotic."That was a word he had decided to adopt."No, it isn't. It's awful, really. It means 'sweet'. And Dulcie's a plump girl with fair hair and blue eyes. A complexion."

1966, Patrick White, The Solid Mandala, Avon Books, published 1975, page 88