Message: "Re: Origin of "Molly, Mali, Moli, Molli", etc."

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Re: Origin of "Molly, Mali, Moli, Molli", etc.

by Miss Claire

6/4/2005, 5:02 PM

I only know Molly as a pet form of Mary, and Mali as a nn for Malka or Amalia / Amalie.

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

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- hugh Curran

6/6/2005, 6:20 PM

"Maille" is a Gaelic name that was phonetically spelled as "Molly". "Molly" was also adopted as a pet form of Mary.

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