Pollyanna or Polly middle name Anna?

[Poycastle]

I LOVE this name for my daughter (am 27 weeks pregnant). I loved the book as a child, it still means a lot to me and I think it sounds feminine and pretty.

However, I'm a bit worried about some negative comments I've had about it sounding "prissy".

So I was considering giving her the Anna part as a middle name as well as the other middle name I have chosen for her (Maria - this is a definite).

Or does breaking it in two sound silly?

She is a much wanted baby so I want to get it completely right.

hyphenate?

sorry posted too soon

That way she can just go by Polly if she chooses, but you won't have people thinking you don't know about Pollyanna, by having two separate names

As in Polly-anna? or capitalising both as Polly-Anna?

I wouldn't hyphenate. Not my taste at all (search past threads for opinions on 'the hyphen')

I'm not a fan of Pollyanna and other similar-type preachy, pious books of the time. But that's by the by. If you're naming in honour of the book then use Pollyanna. Who cares if people think it's prissy. Polly Anna would be a close second.

Pollyanna is awful. It's a name for a doll not an actual little girl.

Polly Maria is infinitely better.

I like Pollyanna as one name. She can still choose to be known as Polly.
I don't like the hyphenating thing.

Honestly, can you imagine being an adult and being called Pollyanna? Apologies to any pollyannas out there, but it would be a source of massive embarrassment to me. It is really a dolls name. Not a name for an actual little girl

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I'm not saying I like the name (I don't). But it does appear to have modest popularity over the years

names.darkgreener.com/#pollyanna

Please don't call the poor child Pollyanna. What an annoying, sickly sweet character she is. Also, it would just be ridiculous on an adult.

Polly by itself is lovely though.

Polly maria is lovely. I'd probably leave the anna totally.

pollyanna is a bit daft and your Polly will be asked often enough if it is her name. she won't want to say yes. I should know. .

I'm not completely sure about hyphenating to be honest, she would probably have to spell it out every time?
I understand the name will not be everyone's cup of tea, and I know in real life people would not be rude enough to say what we can say online (I don't mean this as an attack, just an observation - same as when you suggest names before a baby is born people always have opinions, where afterwards they tend to swallow it and just say "that's lovely"!) However, if it is to the extent that people will consider it RIDICULOUS, then I won't use it in case she was teased or judged for it.
Polly Maria could be a compromise, I guess.

Polly is nice
Anna is nice
Not together

And not hyphenated ever

It is RIDICULOUS. It is the HORMONES talking.

Polly Maria is lovely.

I like it.

Poll

I mean pollyanna! Why not?

Ah, I understand you, poocatcher :)

there's a sentence I never thought I would write... oh, yay! one vote for Pollyanna!

Don't hyphenate. Pollyanna is a name in itself and she'll get bloody annoyed if people assume it's Pollyanna... Instead of Polly-anna because you gave her a silly hyphen.

I quite like it. But if I'm honest, I think I prefer Polly on its own.

I have an adult friend called Pollyanna. She is lovely, sweet, kind funny and clever. As well as being single minded & adventurous.
I think it is is a fantastic name!

I think everyone would expect a Pollyanna to be sweet and kind. What if she turns out to be a deadpan, dry witted type instead?

OK, no to the hyphen.
squoosh, I find it hard to imagine my sweet little baby fitting that description, I rather hope she would be sweet and kind!

Nothing wrong with being a bit deadpan with a dry sense of humour. She can be those things and a good person too....................better that than harassing local invalids to play the Glad Game!

Calling someone 'Pollyanna-ish' is a criticism surely?