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in reply to a message by mikheala
ok...yes, so i found that mhuire and muire are versions of mary. so if mael mhuire and maol mhuire are common names in ireland meaning devotee of mary, maybe instead of calling a woman with this name by maol mhuire, they developed a nickname for her. and that's how the molly came about as being linked with the name mary.
....a combination of the two words mael and mhuire? sounding like molly... uh....maybe? so could molly possibly mean either follower/disciple of mary of just plain disciple? because it is said often on some sites that molly is linked with the name maeili, which is linked to mael, meaning disciple.
also in irish "mol" ,means to praise and in welsh "moli" means to praise. any possible connections to the name maol, or molly? in the irish language is the word mol related to word maol? like is it a different tense of the same word? because i know that to praise can be a part of what it is to be a disciple.
....a combination of the two words mael and mhuire? sounding like molly... uh....maybe? so could molly possibly mean either follower/disciple of mary of just plain disciple? because it is said often on some sites that molly is linked with the name maeili, which is linked to mael, meaning disciple.
also in irish "mol" ,means to praise and in welsh "moli" means to praise. any possible connections to the name maol, or molly? in the irish language is the word mol related to word maol? like is it a different tense of the same word? because i know that to praise can be a part of what it is to be a disciple.
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Molly is a nickname for Mary because in the Middle Ages some names that had Rs were changed to another consonant for nicknames because the Anglo-Saxons couldn't pronounce Rs very well.
This is how we get Molly from Mary, as well as Sally from Sarah, Hal from Harry, Dolly from Dorothy, Bob from Robert, Dick from Richard, etc.
This is how we get Molly from Mary, as well as Sally from Sarah, Hal from Harry, Dolly from Dorothy, Bob from Robert, Dick from Richard, etc.
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ok. that makes sense. molly is an english name then. i thought it was irish. it's really confusing. there is alot of confusion about the name molly out there on the web. thanks again for all of the help.
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