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Polly puzzles me rather. I dislike Holly, Olly and Molly (all family names one way or another: Olly = Olive) but I really like Polly a lot. It's also a family name, but clearly that isn't the issue.
I can see Polly on all ages; back in the late 19th century branches of the family tree, a baby was named Hannah Mary. I suspect that her grandmother, also a Hannah Mary who died that same year (having been born during the Napoleonic wars) was the source. And she was always known as Polly. So I can easily balance a Victorian babe in a bonnet and a frail old lady in the 1950s, and they both look convincing. But, I don't see Polly working as a nn in our world. A separate, independent name or nothing. And that might mean that it would do better as a mn.
I can see Polly on all ages; back in the late 19th century branches of the family tree, a baby was named Hannah Mary. I suspect that her grandmother, also a Hannah Mary who died that same year (having been born during the Napoleonic wars) was the source. And she was always known as Polly. So I can easily balance a Victorian babe in a bonnet and a frail old lady in the 1950s, and they both look convincing. But, I don't see Polly working as a nn in our world. A separate, independent name or nothing. And that might mean that it would do better as a mn.
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