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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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Marley45 · 25/08/2018 20:50

Love the name Polly! Really beautiful and not heard very often

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BasilFaulty · 25/08/2018 20:28

Thank you all! Wine

It's weird isn't it how one name has such different connotations for people.

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BathshebaKnickerStickers · 25/08/2018 20:12

I adore it. But I also have the universally hated Poppy (she is 14)

PortsmouthNH · 25/08/2018 20:05

I love Mollie, and like Holly, but I just don't like Polly.

Flamingosnbears · 25/08/2018 19:56

It's your choice at the end of the day if you love it go for it!

LaPufalina · 25/08/2018 19:29

I like it Smile

Annabelle4 · 25/08/2018 19:29

I like it, but it's a bit cutesy.

OddBoots · 25/08/2018 19:28

It is sweet.

Funnily enough I got an Email from Argos this morning announcing the big return of Polly Pocket.

MikeUniformMike · 25/08/2018 19:27

Leopoldina known as Polly is from a novel (Love in a Cold Climate). I know a Leopoldina known as Leopoldina, and I think it's lovely, but Polly on its own is quite enough.
I like Mary too.

blueskiesandforests · 25/08/2018 19:24
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blueskiesandforests · 25/08/2018 19:23

I like Polly but would use it - parrot/ pretty Polly (potential teasing especially if she's not conventionally pretty or has a plump or spotty teenage phase) and put the kettle on spring to mind instantly.

gower4 · 25/08/2018 19:21

Polly is a diminutive of Mary, if you want to be precise on the birth certificate Grin

HappyReading · 25/08/2018 19:17

I love it. I know a beautiful 4yr Polly.

GVmama · 25/08/2018 19:16

I love it, I use it as a nickname for my DD. The nickname came from Polly Pocket as she was tiny when she was born and is still small and dainty.

GreyGardens88 · 25/08/2018 19:10

Definitely not a cool name

IHaveBrilloHair · 25/08/2018 19:08

Someone up thread mentioned Poppy, Daisy, Maisie, to me Polly is similar, it's like all kids have a slight variation of the same name, and all are twee.

AnyaMoondial · 25/08/2018 19:04

Love it. Would’ve used it myself but couldn’t convince dh.

ReginaPhalange89 · 25/08/2018 19:04

I like it ! It's lovely

kenandbarbie · 25/08/2018 18:57

Well it does remind me of Polly put the kettle on. I would prefer it as a nn for something also sorry!

RoseMartha · 25/08/2018 18:49

It is ok

RachelAnneJ · 25/08/2018 18:48

I really don't like it. Wet and weak.

DramaAlpaca · 25/08/2018 18:44

Yes, like a PP has just said it's pretty but not twee. That's a good way of describing it. For some reason I find it quite different to the likes of Poppy, Daisy & Maisie which I find very cutesy. Polly is stronger & I can't put my finger on exactly why.

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BasilFaulty · 25/08/2018 18:40

Aaghahahhahahahahahahhahahhah

As this is mumsnet, you need to have a proper name on the BC, just in case Polly ends up being an eminent surgeon or barrister, so I suggest Leopoldina or Poldarkina

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MrsMolehillMountain · 25/08/2018 18:39

I was a Polly Pocket obsessive as a child but when I hear Polly now, I don't think 'pocket'...if that reassures you!
I like it but it's quite frilly

DramaAlpaca · 25/08/2018 18:39

I like it.

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