what could Molly be short for?

[HannahElizaJohnson]

What names could Molly be short for?

Yeah dubious drug reference nowadays. I'd steer clear

Daisy and Molly are both nice names. Why do you want a longer name too? Could you not just call the baby one of those names.

Isn't 'Molly' what they used to call gay male prostitutes in the 18th century? I watched 'Harlots' a few months back and the brothel staffed by men, for male clients, was a 'Molly House'.

So I'd perhaps steer clear for that reason, and the drug reference... but if you really love the name Molly why can't you just call your daughter Molly? I don't understand the notion of giving children a formal name that is never, ever actually used. Just causes confusion and annoyance for the owner of the name.

Said by someone who has a name that's never used - always known by a nickname - and the parent of a child who was given a name that basically couldn't be shortened just to avoid the annoyance I went through. :-)

Amalia

I've just found out that Daisy is an old diminutive of Margaret, via the French version Marguerite, which is also what they call Ox Eye daisies.
I think Molly is more often a diminutive of Mary but somtimes Margaret.

@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.

Amelia or Milena?

Molly is lovely.

SNAP Wbeezer

My nan was known as Molly but was actually Maud.

Margaret

Mollycule?

Mollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly?

Percocets, Molly Percocets 🎶

I had an auntie Molly, her name was Sarah!

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

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

Shortened for sorry

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

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

@Booboobadoo

Margaret - as in Millicent Margaret Amanda, Milly Molly Mandy

Yep, Margaret

@Booboobadoo

Margaret - as in Millicent Margaret Amanda, Milly Molly Mandy

This! You took the words right out of my mouth.

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.

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.

Melinda

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.