Comments for the name Polly

In America, Polly is a sterotypical name for a pet parrot (sort of the avian equivalent of Rover or Fido). The phrase "Polly want a cracker" is the stereotypical "talking bird" line in movies.

Let's not forget the famous Polly Pocket. I loved that toy.

Polly is the name of a character on the sitcom "Fawlty Towers" (played by Connie Booth). It is also the name of a Nirvana song.

Jennifer Aniston played a Polly in the film Along Came Polly.

My friend has that name and I think it is cool and surprise surprise she likes Polly Pocket.

I don't know why but I really dislike the name. But it's a name and it does suit some people.

A famous bearer is singer/songwriter Polly Jean Harvey.

Polly is the name of the heroine in C.S. Lewis's "The Magician's Nephew."

Polly Klaas was the 12 year old murdered a few years back.

According to this website, Polly is the pet form of Molly, which is the pet form of Mary. I don't really like any of those names.

I do not like the name Polly at all. It also happens to be my name. I'm seriously considering changing it.

Polly Jean is the real name of the singer PJ Harvey. I think it's great.

Polly is just an adorable name. It's more interesting than Mary and Molly.

A famous bearer is Polly Draper.

How can you have a pet form of a name that is a pet form of a name? And how do you get Polly from Molly?

Just like you get "Peggy" from Margaret through Meg. I forgot where the m/p thing came from though. And your first question is too dumb to answer.

I am called Polly and I'm in two minds about it beacuse it's pretty old fashioned but individual in a nice kind of way and it's not like it's totally unheard of. Sometimes it can be embarrasing though because you have to repeat your name about 7 times before somebody gets it right - I get called Holly, Molly, Pauline, Paulie, Dolly and sometimes Connie!

Aunt Polly is Tom Sawyer's aunt in the famous Mark Twain book.

I don't really like this name at all. It reminds me either of Polly Pocket, who kind of creeps me out, or of Polly the Parrot. Hmmmmm. Either a creepy miniature doll or an annoying egotistic bird.

Polly Wright, a companion of the First and Second Doctors on "Doctor Who".

I have always hated this name. It sounds flat out ugly. This would probably have been a good name for a wallflower-y, unattractive, and boring character in some stories from the 1950s. I can't imagine anyone using it today. At least Molly is kind of cute, even if a bit too girly.

I've always liked Polly, it's cute and just a fun name! Molly is a bit girly for me. I like Polly better. I think it's adorable! I love this name! I think it's uncommon these days and cute. Anyway it's better then the ever popular Hannah or Emily.

I think it will be hard to shake off the parrot association.

Wow, I can't believe no one has mentioned Sweet Polly Purebred, the girlfriend of Underdog! Doesn't anyone remember that show?

I used to have a doll named Polly when I was little, maybe about 4 or 5.

"Brawk! Brawk! Polly wanna cracker?"

I can't imagine how many times someone would have to endure that shouted in their faces, even after they get out of school and playground teasing.

You won't be taken too seriously with this name.

So sweet!

A famous bearer is American actress Polly Bergen (born July 14, 1930). She is well-known for her variety of television appearances, including a panelist in "To Tell the Truth", Fran Felstein in "The Sopranos", Mackenzie Allen's mother in "Commander in Chief", and Lynette Scavo's mother in "Desperate Housewives".

Polly (real name Mary) is the second-oldest child in the 19th century Five Little Peppers serial, and probably the character who gets the most coverage.

Polly Berry was an African American kidnapped and forced into slavery in the nineteenth century. She successfully sued for the freedom of herself and her daughter.

Polly was a popular single from American rock group Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind. The song was based on the true story of a teenage girl who was raped and tortured in the late 1980s.

British journalist Polly Toynbee (b. 1946); her birth name was Mary Louisa Toynbee.

Polly was a charcter in the Charlotte Bronte novel Vilette. She was a little girl that the main character Lucy Snowe knew as a child and later met as an adult. Polly was a pet name her father gave her, though it was short for Paulina.

Besides being a variant of Molly, I have a co-worker with this name. It is a nickname for her actual name Palmira.

There is the nursery rhyme Polly Put the Kettle On.

I rather like this unusual name, maybe because I am a PJ Harvey fan! I think Polly Jean sounds better than just Polly though. Interesting to think that 'Polly Jean' is a variant of 'Mary Jane', the latter sounds very old fashioned girly-girl to me, whilst the former sounds a lot cooler!

This has always seemed old-fashioned to me.

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Bearers of the name "Polly" which deserve mention....
*Polly of a series of books by Emma C. Dowd from the 1900s about a girl named Polly, an orphan who was adopted by the doctor who cared for her on her trip to the hospital after an accident.

*Polly Pepper of the "Five Little Peppers" books by Margaret Sydney [her given name was Mary but she was never called that]

*Polly Milton of Louisa May Alcott's "An Old Fashioned Girl"

*And of course Sweet Polly Purebred, Underdog's girlfriend on the Underdog superhero shows-- Who can for get her?