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Is Pollyanna a silly name?

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PuffyPigeon · 30/03/2014 22:25

I like Polly and Anna as names in their own right but I do prefer a longer name with a shortening which isn't really possible if either is used individually. Is Pollyanna silly though?

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Sharaluck · 30/03/2014 22:36

Yes, sorry.

Polly is ok

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PuffyPigeon · 30/03/2014 22:36

Ok fairly unanimous! Besides Annabel, what else could be shortened to Anna?

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JabberJabberJay · 30/03/2014 22:33

Yes Pollyanna is ridiculous.

Cutesy for a baby maybe but how will she feel at 15? At 40?

Reconsider. Seriously.

Vatta · 30/03/2014 22:33

Sorry but yes it's silly. If you call somebody a Pollyanna it's actually an insult - it means they're naively cheerful/seeing everything through rose tinted glasses, it's quite disparaging.

Georgina1975 · 30/03/2014 22:31

Do not like at all...the name or associations.

GoodEggy · 30/03/2014 22:31

Yes. It's very silly.

RayPurchase · 30/03/2014 22:30

Yes, its a silly name.

Mrswellyboot · 30/03/2014 22:30

Twee

Minorchristmascrisis · 30/03/2014 22:29

I don't normally like names like this but actually, I think it's lovely and can always be shortened to either name when she's older if you like.

HarrietSchulenberg · 30/03/2014 22:28

Sorry but yes. But Polly and Anna are lovely on their own.

PicardyThird · 30/03/2014 22:27

Yes.

Sorry, you can't do that.

Not so much the name itself as its associations.

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