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Polly?

82 replies

BasilFaulty · 25/08/2018 18:35

What do you think?
Any thoughts welcome! Smile

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poochuspoochus · 26/08/2018 09:16

@prettygreywalls

Ha Ha, what the hell is a Servant type name. Have you travelled forward in time from the Victorian era and are now posting on Mumsnet.

Flashinggreen · 26/08/2018 07:23

I know a lovely Pollyanna who’s a Polly or Pol, so I like it.

Wallywobbles · 26/08/2018 07:17

Pollyanna.

AsleepAllDay · 26/08/2018 05:46

I like it! Classic sounding names are making a comeback so by the time she's in school she'll be with Mabels and Ediths

MakeItStopNeville · 26/08/2018 05:33

I love it and don’t think it’s cutesy at all. Pollyanna, on the other hand....

prettygreywalls · 26/08/2018 04:46

Lacks substance , wet , twee
Main character from a 1970s horror movie
Ok for a cat , pony or dog
Servant type name
Sorry

Movablefeast · 26/08/2018 04:05

My niece who is 12 is called Polly and it really suits her, sweet and cheerful. It’s a jolly name. She is named after her great-great grandmother on our dad’s side so she has the same first and last name. We have fabulous Edwardian pictures of the earlier Polly in her wedding dress.

Veterinari · 26/08/2018 03:54

I like it.

I’d love to know how it evolved from Mary!

Sophronia · 26/08/2018 03:35

I’d use it as a nickname for something else...Polina, Paulina, Apollonia, Apolline...

HollyBen · 26/08/2018 03:25

I like it. I worked with a Polly years ago whose name was Pauline

DeadDoorpost · 26/08/2018 03:15

Do you like the name because it's in Fawlty Towers? Judging by your username....

Polestar50 · 26/08/2018 03:12

I like it. Makes me think of a homespun, patchwork quilt type of person but is less cutesy than the Daisy/Maisies.

The test for cute sounding names is imagining them in a highly professional context ‘Finance Director, Polly Smith’ sounds ok to me. ‘Daisy Smith’ less so.

Sophronia · 25/08/2018 23:13

Very twee,

Ihuntmonsters · 25/08/2018 22:50

A family friend is called Polly, all grown up now and hasn't changed it so I'm guessing it works for her. I think Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, although Pretty Polly and Polly put the kettle on do come to mind too.

Picknickers · 25/08/2018 22:50

My adult bf was Polly. She was strong clever and very funny. Sadly no longer with us but a great girl.

Greeneyedgeek83 · 25/08/2018 22:38

Dreadful imo all I think of is pocket and put the kettle on. Very babyish. Can't see an adult Polly at all.

RedDwarves · 25/08/2018 22:19

I love Polly.

Quangot · 25/08/2018 22:00

Twee and a bit odd.

TheDowagerCuntess · 25/08/2018 21:47

Not to my taste. Lacks substance.

RavenWings · 25/08/2018 21:44

I think it's awful. Twee, weak and cutesy.

Ingalia · 25/08/2018 21:19

I've always liked it and wondered why there are so few Pollys when there are so very many Hollys and Mollys.

IVflytrap · 25/08/2018 21:13

It's OK. I prefer Molly.

Geordiegirl1988 · 25/08/2018 21:09

I love polly . Gorgeous name

SendYouUpInFlames · 25/08/2018 21:05

I do really like it,

But it reminds me of "Mrs Polly had a dolly"

Or if I headed someone shouting "Polly, Polly" I would instantly think they're shouting a budgie.

Mossend · 25/08/2018 21:01

I like it. Also like Penny

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