Polly - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Polly \p(ol)-

is pronounced PAH-lee. It is of English and Irish origin. Variant of Molly; nickname of Mary (Latin) "star of the sea". Actress Polly Bergen.

Polly has 6 variant forms: Poll, Pollee, Polley, Polli, Pollie and Pollyanna.

For more information, see also the related name Paula.

Baby names that sound like Polly are Poli, Pola, Billy, Pauly and Pella.

Polly is a very common first name for women (#582 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#11321 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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