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[Opinions] Polly?

by BBH

10/6/2009, 12:05 PM

Thoughts on this name? Not so much as a nickname for Mary, but a name on its own. I have never met one person named Polly in my life, and it does rather have some charm.

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- Guinevere (vomiting)

10/10/2009, 9:46 PM

I LOVE IT.

Polly is amazing. It's my nickname - completely unrelated to my real name.

- Tawnee

10/7/2009, 2:34 PM

Don't like it just because it reminds me of parrots and Polly Pocket toys. lol

- Anneza

10/6/2009, 11:02 PM

I like it a lot, much better than Holly, Molly or the male Wally.

I've met a Pauline who was known as Polly.

- Flute (meganmichele)

10/6/2009, 10:17 PM

It's my new kitten's nickname - his name is Apollo, but I call him Polly sometimes.

It's all right on a person; I wouldn't mind meeting a little girl named Polly. It does kind of make me think of parrots, though.

- Buttons

10/6/2009, 9:31 PM

I really like it

I've never met a Polly either, but I do know a Pollyanna, who often goes by Polly. I think its quite classic actually, and very sweet. I like it a lot!

- ChopSocky (TheDreadedSockMonkey)

10/6/2009, 8:47 PM

I like Polly. It's very sweet, and optimistic.

- Solunastra

10/6/2009, 6:28 PM

I'm not a big fan. Presumably from Pollyanna, it just seems... oh, I don't know, disgustingly upbeat and rather childish. But I also dislike -olly names (Ollie, Molly, Holly) so maybe it's just that sound.

I've met one Polly. She's my sister's friend and is 16.

- as (guest)

10/6/2009, 4:23 PM

I think it's adorable, I've really been liking it lately. The movie "Along Came Polly" gave it a nice image in my mind. :)

- Chaka

10/6/2009, 3:07 PM

It's cute... I like it

- Alda

10/6/2009, 2:01 PM

I recently realized how much I love Polly. I've never met one, but it always makes me think of Polly Plummer from the Chronicles of Narnia. :) It's a sweet, happy, plump sort of name to me.

- Bear +1

10/6/2009, 1:08 PM

I met a Polly once. Her sister was Daisy. They'd be in their 30's by now. I always thought it was the cutest sibling set.

I knew another Polly in school. She'd be in her 40's by now.

My great-grandmother was born Polly. But her family converted to Catholicism and the priest said Polly wasn't a saint's name. She was christened Mary, but I don't know if they called her Polly or not after that. Just a weird Polly story for you.

Sure. Polly is cute and doesn't need a formal name is Molly doesn't. Fair's fair.

- as (guest)

10/6/2009, 4:24 PM

Polly & Daisy is too sweet for words!

- sweet(: (princess_midsummer)

10/6/2009, 1:03 PM

I like it!

Polly Laverne is my favourite combo for this name. I like it because it gives off a bubbly, quirky but not exactly out-there vibe.

- New_Chloe

10/6/2009, 12:29 PM

I like it!! I think it has lots of charm. It's got an innocent spunk and feistiness to it.

The one thing that gives me pause though is how well it would age - it's great on a four year old and a sixty year old - but I do have some trouble picturing a dynamic thirty-five-year-old surgeon or lawyer with the name Polly.

- Aine (poetic_freedom)

10/6/2009, 12:14 PM

I think it is cute but only as a nickname. I used to work with a Polly and she was about my age (20) and while it was charming and lovely, it did seem quite juvenile on a young adult.

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