Have I gone mad?

[TeacupTempest]

Is it utter madness to be liking the name Pollyanna?

Agree with everlong. How about Anna, Polly, Molly, Hannah?

Horsey? Never thought of it like that. It does make me think of Hayley Mills though.

I keep finding myself repeating it in my head......

I like Anna but seems to be getting more popular. Don't particularly like Hannah. Polly I quite like. Can't have Molly as that is my Grandma's name.

Hmmmmm

Yes.

Don't use it. You really cannot expect a child to live up to that name.

My friend has a Pollyanna. She's very nearly 1. Lovely girl and her name really suits her actually.

Use it if you like it.

Annabel, Emma, Penelope/Penny, Julianna?

I quite like it, and it can be shortened in many ways so gives the kids lots of options. Better than penelope.

Its growing on me. Eeek!

Yes, you've gone mad...

It's a doll's name.

Ds has a friend Pollyann in her mid twenties and she's lovely.

where I live there is a famous artist called Pollyanna Pickering. Not sure I like the name but it's served her well!

i love it! Polly on its own is nice - Anna, far too common and a bit boring i think. But then i also love the name Pearl but couldn't use it because of my surname.

I don't like it, I tend to think of it as the phrase to live in a Pollyanna world meaning to have an extreme case of rose tinted spectacles and be unrealistic about the world because of it.

I quite like it and you can always call her Polly for short or Anna.

My Great Grandmother was Pollyanna. I Like it.

I agree with Underachieving, for me too it's a way of looking at the world, not a name. Although the phrase does come from the book about a Pollyanna. I guess it depends on whether you think approaching the world with unbridled enthusiasm is a good or a bad thing.

I actually think it's quite sweet - and love both the names Polly and Anna individually.

It depends on your surname I suppose - wouldn't go with ours at all, and I'm utterly sure my dh would denouce it as being too posh/twee (twee seems to be his favourite reason for rejecting names just now!)

Tis a bit twee I agree. I do think looking at the world with enthusiasm is a good thing but I can also see how that could grate. I have the film here, must be why I am thinking of the name, so I will watch it. I am sure that will either make me love the name more or having me running for the hills to escape it's tweeness!

I had a dolly called Pollyanna when I was little! I do quite like the name though. Also Annie, Anais or just Polly is lovely with Anna as a middle name maybe?

Pollyanna is fab, much better than Polly or Anna on their own.