Names like Polly

[pinkfrog55]

Want to go back to the drawing board to make sure we’re not missing anything.

I love Polly - I love that it’s simple, classic, instantly recognisable but not too overused and has a fun vibe to it.
DH has vetoed it.

Are there any names with a similar vibe that I may be missing? Not keen on Molly, Holly etc so don’t necessarily mean names that sound similar. Also dislike the names it’s derived from or a nn for - Mary, Pauline, Penelope, Phoebe etc. Feel I have trawled through all the names lists but need to be sure there’s nothing out there that has been overlooked!

thanks in advance for any suggestions!

@Neverknowinglysensible absolutely, has to feel right to us both.

Some really great suggestions on this thread though, thanks all!

Pippa

Penny
betsy
tilly
nellie
dorothy
winnie
edie
daphne
margot
beatrix
joni
Jemima
cora
nancy
flora
olive

Miss Polly had a dolly.....

Nope

Daisy
Poppy
Sally
Nancy
Annie
Nell
Tessa
Katie
Maggie
Meg
Lola
Betty
Carrie
Caro
Hattie
Nina

I love Polly.
Dorothy
Peggy
Margaret
Frances
Christobel
MaryAnn
Sybil
Catherine
Caroline
Clarissa
Susannah
Nancy
Mary
Joan

I think it has a vintage feel like;

Mable
Margot
Edith
Cora

But also quite a girly name so;

Poppy
Maisie
Thea
Lyra

The little Polly I know has a sister named Zara as well which is lovely. Waves at their ma if she's reading ❤️❤️❤️

I work with a lovely young girl called Pia, her name has really grown on me.

Polly vibe names that come to mind are

Amy
Lola
Chloe
Posie
Daisy
Lucy
Faye
Nora
Tilly

One more!

Posey? Or Primrose which you could shorten to Posey

Vita?

I love Polly too but my Dh vetoed it too. I ended up with a Poppy and Sylvie

Florence / Flo / Flora
Violet
Elsie
Bonnie
Pearl
Tula
Daisy
Poppy
Charlotte / Lotte / Lotta
Matilda / Tilda
Emmy
Billie
Camille
Ava

Sukie (?)
Josie
Lina
Eliza
Hester
Ilona
Diana
Peggy

I love the name Polly. It was in my top 3 girls names.

Sally
Wendy

We had Polly on our list.
We also had
Posie
Alice
Violet (nn Lettie)
Viola
Arietty
Wren
Dolly
Dorothy
Jesse

OP, it's simple. Once you've given birth and are holding your brand new wrinkly baby, allow a tear to slide down your cheek and say, "She just looks so much like a Polly to me". DH will think you're so much of a rock star at that point, he'll agree to anything 😀

Maggie
Penny
Dulcie
Sylvie
Sally
Maisie
Merryn
Megan
Romilly
Tilly
Tessa
Bryony
Bridie

Polly is a lovely name! Keep working on him, OP.

In the meantime, how about:

Daisy
Sally
Betsy
Josephine (nn Posy)

Zoe
Philippa nn Pippa
Nancy
Edith or Edwina nn Edie
Stella
Vivienne or Violet nn Vivi
Dora/Dorothea nn Dorey/Dorrie
Harriet nn Hatty
Alexandra nn Sandy
Cassia nn Cassie
Marina nn Marnie or Mina
Elizabeth nn Lizbie, Libby, Buffy, Effy, Betsy, Eliza
Cora
Clara
Esther (nn Tess if you want)
Bonnie or Isabel/la nn Bonnie
Patricia nn Patchy or Pasha
Susannah nn Sukey
Caitlin

I like Josephine nn Posy as suggested by PP, also like nn JoJo.

Love Polly, sorry! We have a Fred and Polly was on our girls list. The others on our list included

Nina
Nora
Laura
Heidi
Emma

Polly is a lovely name! I also love:

Pippa
Tessa
Felicity shortened to Fliss
Bonnie
Henrietta shortened to Hettie

Some absolutely gorgeous suggestions, and plenty to consider. Thank you all so much.

@EconomyClassRockstar haha this is brilliant, DH is so stubborn I’m not even sure this would work, but might be worth a try ;)