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Need a longer name to be shortened to Mollie.

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Mustardnowletsnotbesilly · 28/08/2017 19:25

35/40 Bump is called Mollie which we like but I want her to have a name that we can shorten so her nickname is Mollie. I'm not sure Mollie is very professional for when older.
I can only think of Margaret which I'm sure about.
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FinallyDecidedOnUserName · 30/08/2017 07:11

Mallory - I love it!

nooka · 30/08/2017 07:07

Molly is traditionally a diminutive for Mary (as is Polly slightly surprisingly). I think now people might be a bit surprised to discover that the Molly they know is really a Mary so I'm not sure I'd put Mary on the BC. generally I agree with most other posters, Molly is a good stand alone name now and shouldn't bring any issues. Mollie is very cutsie to me, it looks like it's a diminutive and isn't really.

Otherwise you'd have to look for a name with 'mol' in it, and apart from Molly and Romola I can't find any. I don't think names like Amanda or Maureen become Molly at all, they just seem a bit random to me.

Marcipex · 30/08/2017 03:30

Surely Mollie is the nn for Mary .

Molecule, Emollient, sorry I'm no helpGrin I like just Mollie anyway.

ZaZathecat · 29/08/2017 23:09

To me it's short for Maureen, but I'd probably go for Marina instead

Seekingmiracles · 29/08/2017 22:57

Molly is better than Mollie, too cutesy. It's a perfectly good name in all instances.

I do however find picking a name based on a hypothetical career choice for a child who hasn't even been born yet weird. Would you ever not employ someone based on their name??! That's utterly ridiculous! I'm sure there are lots of people in very intellectual, successful careers with stupid names, doesn't make them any less qualified.

SparklyUnicornPoo · 29/08/2017 22:49

The trouble with Mollie rather than Molly is she will spend her whole life having it mispelled , even having said 'It's Mollie with an ie' (my shortened name is commonly an ie but I spell it with a y, people get it wrong all the time)

Otherwise though I think it's a great name. I like Xanthe too, but not Maryann

eyebrowsonfleek · 29/08/2017 21:29

The most famous Molly that I can think of is Molly Ringwald. It sounds like a solid name and could belong to a head teacher, surgeon or judge.

ElizaDontlittle · 29/08/2017 21:11

My great grandmother, born 1899, was Molly. On her birth certificate and everything. I'd just go for it if you both like it! And congratulations!!

PacificDogwod · 29/08/2017 21:06

He calls her Moldred for long

Oh, I like Moldred too! Grin

Eenymeeny123 · 29/08/2017 21:02

Oh I have to say, I never heard of Xante and I have to say it's lovely even the way it's spelt is so elegant. Mollie is pretty too but speaking as someone who was named one name and called another, don't do it. It causes confusion when filling out forms, school and the likes.

Hulababy · 29/08/2017 20:58

Do you want to spend the next fifteen years, and her the rest of her life telling people how to spell it?

Not really. If asked for her name for the first time when someone is writing, she just says Mollie, with an ie.

No different to me being called Claire, and first time needing to spell it.

My DD is Mollie Olivia, if considering middle names as a pp mentioned above.

cheapskatemum · 29/08/2017 20:58

DS1's girlfried is Molly. He calls her Moldred for long Grin

She works in a well-respected profession.

Hulababy · 29/08/2017 20:56

Mollie has been used as a name (as an alternative to Molly) for well over a century. Ive come across many with that spelling over the years of using Ancestry, etc. I'd say that makes it fairly traditional enough.

Hulababy · 29/08/2017 20:53

I have a 15y Mollie

We choose that spelling as the couple of older people we knew of with the name had that spelling, dating back many years. I also just liked the way 'it looked' over Molly. One was pretty high up in her work, so didn't hold her back.

Our Mollie is a name in its own right, rather than being a pet form of any other name.

It can be a pet for for Mary and Margaret.

daisypond · 29/08/2017 20:36

Molly is an effeminate man/male prostitute, to me - as in the molly-houses of the 19th century. That's the first thing I think of when I hear molly.

2017SoFarSoGood · 29/08/2017 19:51

Mollie is a great name, either spelling works but I prefer your suggested.

I think it is totally fine; I don't think too many folks will judge professionalism based on name. If she chooses, she can be M. Lastname. That is not uncommon in my world.

Congratulations and enjoy little Mollie. Grin

early30smum · 29/08/2017 19:11

I love Mollie/Molly and both are perfectly acceptable as given names.

PuppyMonkey · 29/08/2017 19:07

Maybe she won't want to have a "professional" job. She might want to be a rock star.

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Mustardnowletsnotbesilly · 29/08/2017 19:05

Sounds like a buxom wench from days of yore. Sorry.

No thats why I like it!!!

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BakewellTart01 · 29/08/2017 18:59

Just to set your fears at ease, my 37 year old sister is called Mollie. She is a paediatric consultant and her name is often commented on as to how beautiful and elegant it is. I think the name ages well :)

winglesspegasus · 29/08/2017 18:50

MALI: Welsh form of Molly,

try here
www.the-red-thread.net/genealogy/ancient-names.html

2 aunts one molly (84) /one mali(52)
wouldn't know what else to call them
except one is big molly the other is little mali(age not size)Grin

Bishybarnybee · 29/08/2017 14:35

We called our son the long version of his name to give him a choice - e.g. think Theodore, but we always called him Theo.

He strongly feels we should have named him the short version as he dislikes having an official name which he cannot relate to.

vanityallisvanity · 29/08/2017 14:31

Moll had other meanings in the past but they aren't used now so I think you are ok.

user1467662525 · 29/08/2017 14:24

Sounds like a buxom wench from days of yore. Sorry.

Threeandabit · 29/08/2017 14:08

Mary-Olivia?