51%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Literature Pronounced Pron. pahl-ee-AN-ə(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Combination of Polly and Anna. This was the name of the main character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel Pollyanna (1913). People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful common natural wholesome refined strange comedic nerdy Categories combinations, ends in -anna, literature