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I badly want to know what my name means! On this site it just says pet form of Mary, but Molly is my actual name, and I was wondering if it has a meaning. I would also like to know the origin.
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Since Molly is a nick name for Mary, it has the same meaning as Mary. Just as Cathleen, Katherine and Kate all have the same meaning.
Molly has also been used as a nn for Margaret.
But even if it was a nn to begin with, I think it can stand alone as a formal name. Just don't look for a special meaning for Molly. The origin is of course English and Irish.
"In Dublin's fair city, where girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone."
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)
Molly has also been used as a nn for Margaret.
But even if it was a nn to begin with, I think it can stand alone as a formal name. Just don't look for a special meaning for Molly. The origin is of course English and Irish.
"In Dublin's fair city, where girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone."
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)
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