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I've always loved Sally. My father wanted to name me Sarah after his late mother, but my mother found a name she preferred, and so do I. But, if they'd thought about Sally as an alternative, I'd have been very happy. I don't think about Sally as a nn at all, just a derivative.

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Polly is a family name, but only as a nn for Mary. Once again, I wouldn't expect a modern Mary to be known as Polly, but it doesn't seem to be used much as an independent name, unlike Sally. If I used it, it would be as a full name in its own right, and I do like it very much, but there are other names I like better so realistically Polly would never get a look in.