Is Molly a shortened version of anything?

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Or a name in its own right? Also is Massive just far to common nowadays? TIA

I use my Sunday best name at work now. I didn't use it for over 20 years. But now will always introduce myself to people when I want to be taken seriously. Banks, estate agents etc. it's very useful.

Always got asked why I had a shortened name with 2 different initials, but now there's a well known duchess who has the same, it not that strange.

I also have a Sunday best name that I use in business and for professional purposes. Almost every friend shortens it before too long. I'm happy either way.

I also knew a Maureen, nn Molly. I actually had a disagreement with someone about it, because she only knew her as Molly, but she was my client and she'd given me her proper name of Maureen.
Maureen is also a variant of Mary though.

I love Molly as a name in it's own right.

I don't understand the need for Sunday best names. If someone hates their name enough to change it then they can choose from any other name in the world, why do they need a long variant of the disliked name that even their parents didn't like enough to call them.

I agree notso. My dd's name for example doesn't have an obvious nickname but is nevertheless mn approved, despite the lack of choice.

And you will always get some officious teacher who insists on using it and acting all innocent when the class are in fits of giggles.

Again, none of these arguments apply when the longer version is itself a nice name but people on mn (not on this thread) csn be really rude when someone wants to use a nickname on a birth cert and there are plenty of good reasons not to.

Sorry, not to use the longer version, I meant.

My Mum insists she loves my long name, it was my Granny who disliked it and got my older brother using the shortened more girlie version.

No MN then to dissect every choice!

My nan was Maud but known as Molly - just to throw another spanner in the works!

For centuries, Moll or Molly was a pet name for Mary - Chaucer used it (as the name of a pet sheep!) www.behindthename.com/name/molly

But I think it's become a name in its own right by now.

I've met a lot of elderly ladies who get called Molly but their "proper" name is Mary. My friend's grandmothers were both Mary Anne but one was known as Maisie and the other Minnie.

As said before it has been a real name in it's own right for well over a hundred years. I have seen birth certificates with Mollie and Molly on them from around the turn of the century - 1900 that is, not 2000!

As far as I know it was originally a pet name for Mary (as is Polly) What used to be a common pet name for Margaret is Daisy (because of Marguerite)
Of course Molly also used to be a term for prostitutes.

And gay men. The original gay bars were called 'Molly Houses'.

Yes Elphaba, I first heard the term referring to male prostitutes, but it applied to females too. And, as you say, just to ordinary gay men.

Molly is a diminutive of Mary and is of Irish origin. However be very aware of it's two other meaning: male prostitute or gangsters girlfriend.

Oh yes, "Gangster's moll" Forgot about that one!

My Irish granny (born 1900) was Mary, but always known as Molly.

My Granny Molly was also Irish background.

As was my Great-Grandmother I was named after. It was only when my Mum saw some of her documents she realised she was known as the shortened version officially, she always thought she was the long version. Strange coincidence.

I have a Molly and it isn't a nickname. I don't know another Molly apart from a girl I met years ago from Texas. Loved her name and hence dd has it.

Traditionally it was a nickname for Margaret, but now a name in its own right.

I had an aunt whose name was Mary but she was always known as Molly. I think over the years it has become a name in its own right.

I think Maisie is very twee and will date. It's another pet form of Mary.

(Irish family, so Molly/Mary fits right in )..

my grandmothers were Margaret and Mary. Both Molly.

It's also the name of the pure form of MDMA hence the song, 'I'm searching for Molly' hasn't caused DD any problems though.