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Polly?

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BasilFaulty · 25/08/2018 18:35

What do you think?
Any thoughts welcome! Smile

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Sunflower321 · 31/08/2018 22:39

I'm not keen, sorry.

RavenWings · 31/08/2018 22:34

@raven don’t judge the name then!! As I said my Polly is strong minded,direct and straight to the point don’t know who she takes after 😂😂

Jesus you really don't understand what the purpose of this forum is do you? It's a reviewing and advice forum on names. I think Polly is drippy and wet. I'm not saying that your kid is, I'm saying in my opinion, the name is. If you don't understand the difference I can't help you.

Lucy1103 · 31/08/2018 15:17

Surely the whole point of this thread is to judge the name LucyLou

missmouse101 · 31/08/2018 15:17

It’s sweet!

LucyLou19 · 31/08/2018 15:15

@raven don’t judge the name then!! As I said my Polly is strong minded,direct and straight to the point don’t know who she takes after 😂😂

meetthewildes · 31/08/2018 11:44

We have a wonderful, formidable little Polly, short for Olympia. We do call her 'Pocket' as a sweet pet name on occasion. I think it's darling, but perhaps too nicknamey to hold up as a full name.

RavenWings · 31/08/2018 09:22

But sure that's the entire point of Baby names, to give your opinion on a name. It's not judging the person, it's judging the name. Not the same thing.

LucyLou19 · 31/08/2018 08:51

No offence taken! Just stating don’t judge someone by a name xx

Lucy1103 · 31/08/2018 08:08

@LucyLou19 I’m sorry, didn’t mean to cause any offence and of course I’m sure there are people with the name that go against my associations with it. I was just saying that personally this is the image that the name creates before I’ve actually met the person

LucyLou19 · 31/08/2018 07:58

@lucy1103 I have a 14 named Polly and believe me she’s nothing BUT weak! She’s one of the smartest strong minded people you could meet! Name suits her so much also!

Lucy1103 · 30/08/2018 22:36

Sorry, but to me it lacks strength and makes me think of someone mild and meek- wet. I get what @prettygreywall means by ‘servant name’ as in you’ll find weaker characters in books with this name

GColdtimer · 29/08/2018 22:55

I have an 8 year old Polly. Still love it. She is strong, funny and quite fierce. Not twee or cutesy at all. She is the only one in her school (350 kids). I know an adult Polly and she loves it too. The only other child I have met with the same name was a 4 year old at a park recently. I don't see it as being similar to Molly/poppy.

Have also never had any jokes like Polly parrot or put the kettle on or Polly dolly!

Originalsaltedpeanuts · 29/08/2018 22:22

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CornforthWhite · 29/08/2018 22:20

Love it

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 29/08/2018 22:13

I love Polly! It’s definitely not twee.

LucyLou19 · 29/08/2018 22:09

I have a 14 year old named Polly!!! Absolutely love it and she’s the only one in her school of over 700 pupils xx

NameChangedNow · 28/08/2018 04:00

I would hate it to be my name so on that basis I wouldn't use it.

foxtiger · 27/08/2018 17:18

I like it. I've only known two (both adults at the time), and they were both quite fit and sporty, so it feels like quite a "strong" name to me despite also being quite pretty and feminine.

For some reason I could particularly see it suiting someone with red hair.

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BasilFaulty · 26/08/2018 15:00

Agree about Pollyanna, much more twee I think.

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blueskiesandforests · 26/08/2018 13:45

Pollyanna is a joke name in the book/ film - poor relations used both rich aunt's names as one (Aunt Polly and Aunt Anna) for their DD in the hope of financial favour/ inheritance.

Being a Pollyanna is usually not used as a compliment, because it's usually used to describe excessive, blind, over the top, inappropriate optimisism carried to the point of being incredibly irritating...

Polly or Anna, but not Pollyanna!

Op is only intending to use Polly though.

AsleepAllDay · 26/08/2018 13:24

Can't imagine calling a child Pollyanna, I always liked Penelope for Polly

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 26/08/2018 12:11

I really like Polly and agree that it somehow has more substance and is less cutesy that Molly, Poppy, Maisie etc despite having a very similar sound

I also think it will date better as its one of those names that has been around for years but never been overused

Shmithecat · 26/08/2018 12:06

Love it. Was in my top 2 for girls names. We had a ds though 🙄

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/08/2018 11:58

Love it !

TatianaLarina · 26/08/2018 10:01

Love Polly. Know 3 cool ones.

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