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what could Molly be short for?

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HannahElizaJohnson · 13/08/2021 14:07

What names could Molly be short for?

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Garriet · 13/08/2021 16:17

Mollicent

rooarsome · 13/08/2021 16:15

My aunt Margaret was known as Molly. It's a beautiful name.

TheVanguardSix · 13/08/2021 16:14

My auntie Máire is known as 'Molly'. So was my great aunt Máire.

MistyFrequencies · 13/08/2021 16:13

Drugs. It's short for drugs.

Legoninjago1 · 13/08/2021 16:11

@TeapotCollection

Shit! Sorry I didn’t notice this was in baby names, I was thinking about food as usual

Oops 🙈 apologies

This made me lol!
SusannahSophia · 13/08/2021 16:05

Margaret has so many diminutives. Or you could use Margot? My auntie Margaret was called Marnie back in the 1950s.

Marnie, Daisy, Peggy, Meg, Molly, Greta, and of course, Maggie.

LesLavandes · 13/08/2021 16:00

Melinda

LoislovesStewie · 13/08/2021 16:00

Mary. It's like Sally is short for Sarah. Difficult to say Mar and Sar as short versions. The R became an L which then had a Y added. Colin is short for Nicholas, (the COL bit in the middle then had IN added). I know it sounds mad, but that is just the way it is. I know Margarets who are called Greta, and of course Peggy is short for Margaret. It was Meggy which became Peggy.

DerbyshireMama · 13/08/2021 15:55

I think you could get away with Amanda.

People in the UK tend to use Mandy as code for MDMA rather than Molly, I'm sure that association will fade when all this godawful mumble rap shite dies off.

Kitfish · 13/08/2021 15:46

@Booboobadoo

Margaret - as in Millicent Margaret Amanda, Milly Molly Mandy
This! You took the words right out of my mouth.
kvarstar · 13/08/2021 15:45

@Booboobadoo

Margaret - as in Millicent Margaret Amanda, Milly Molly Mandy
Yep, Margaret
Maskedrevenger · 13/08/2021 15:42

Have you ever heard the song Molly by Tyga, might put you off?

Pemba · 13/08/2021 15:40

Molly was traditionally short for Mary, as was Polly I think. Although they aren't actually shorter of course!

Dandy0911 · 13/08/2021 15:39

Shortened for sorry

Dandy0911 · 13/08/2021 15:38

A girl at my work is called mollie. Shortened to Molliandra.

WavesAndLeaves · 13/08/2021 15:37

My gran was Mollie as her full name! Probably unusual for the 1920s

noitsachicken · 13/08/2021 15:35

I had an auntie Molly, her name was Sarah!

SirenSays · 13/08/2021 15:34

Percocets, Molly Percocets 🎶

PowerhouseOfTheCell · 13/08/2021 15:33

Mollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly?

Hugoslavia · 13/08/2021 15:30

Mollycule?

OldTinHat · 13/08/2021 15:28

Margaret

MintyCedric · 13/08/2021 15:19

My nan was known as Molly but was actually Maud.

JaninaDuszejko · 13/08/2021 15:18

SNAP Wbeezer

manhattenrain · 13/08/2021 15:17

Amelia or Milena?

Molly is lovely. Smile

JaninaDuszejko · 13/08/2021 15:17

@Marguerite2000

It's a name in it's own right, just like Daisy.
Daisy, like Molly, is a nickname for Margaret. It comes from the Marguerite daisy ironically enough.