Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈpɑl.i/(American English) /ˈpɒl.i/(British English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Medieval variant of Molly. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.

Related Names

VariantsMollie, Molly, Pollie
Other Languages & CulturesMarie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari(Breton) Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Maria(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Mara(Croatian) Marie, Miriam(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Manon, Marijse, Marja(Dutch) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Marje(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria(Frisian) María(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam(German) Maria, Meri(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam(Hebrew) Mária, Mara(Hungarian) María(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Mallaidh(Irish) Maria, Miriam(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Molle, Malle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam(Polish) Maria, Miriam(Portuguese) Maria(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Mária, Miriam(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam(Spanish) Maritza(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)
User SubmissionPolly

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   youthful   informal   common   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   simple   comedic  

Categories

Entry updated December 1, 2024