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Names like Polly

73 replies

pinkfrog55 · 03/06/2023 20:42

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!

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MerryChristmasToYou · 04/06/2023 13:23

Polly isn't a 'nn' for Pauline, Penelope etc, it's a 'nn' for Mary.

Pollyanna is bloomin' awful.

Polly as a standalone name is lovely, as is Mary.

Crikeyalmighty · 04/06/2023 13:44

Lucy
Tilly (Matilda)
Isabella (Izzy or Bella)
Emily
Dora
Hannah
Laura
Olivia
Rose

uncomfortablydumb53 · 04/06/2023 16:15

Alice
Eliza
Clara
Grace
Isobel

PlantingMarigolds · 04/06/2023 18:27

EconomyClassRockstar · 03/06/2023 23:39

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 😀

🤣🙌👍

PlantingMarigolds · 04/06/2023 18:28

botheritsgone · 03/06/2023 22:50

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

💛 Sylvie!

ZittiEBuoni · 04/06/2023 18:30

I have a Polly, and other names I like are Clemency, Rose, Jemima, Imogen.

ZittiEBuoni · 04/06/2023 18:31

oh, and Elizabeth! Why aren't there more little Elizabeths? So many lovely shorter versions of it too.

Newnamenewname109870 · 04/06/2023 18:32

Pollys I knew (only two) had siblings Sara and Prim(rose). Different families.

But you know it might just be an outlier. The names I like are quite different to each other.

What about Millie or Mandy?

Newnamenewname109870 · 04/06/2023 18:33

What about Susie/Susannah?

ElmTree22 · 04/06/2023 18:37

Penelope

JamSandle · 04/06/2023 18:45

Fawn
Quinn
Heidi
Marilyn
Audrey
Allora

Fiddledeedeeee · 04/06/2023 20:13

We had Polly on our list. Others were
Nancy
Hazel
Lois
Eloise
Edie
Joni
Eve

Sealover123 · 05/06/2023 17:19

Dora
Clara
Lottie
Mabel
Hettie or Hattie
Thea
Ada
Ida
Eliza
Cora
Lenore
Rosamund
Mavis
Sybil
Eda
Poppy
Lettie
Nellie
Claudia

Tiddley25 · 07/09/2023 08:19

I have a Polly (she’s now 3) and I constantly get compliments on her name I absolutely love it, it’s pretty but also strong and I love that it’s hardly heard really even though it’s not an unusual name as such. Other names I love with similar vibes are -

Billie
Romi
Piper
Dotty
Effie
Goldie
Mabel
Etta
Etti

Polly is my favourite though xx

SoShallINever · 07/09/2023 09:47

Polly is fab
LTB

Crikeyalmighty · 07/09/2023 14:06

Flora
Freya
Dora
Tilly
Mia
Lara
Nelly
Hannah
Emily

Daisybuttercup12345 · 08/09/2023 22:27

Lola
Isla
Nicola
Katie
Iris
Leah
Lilah
Tylah
Rachel
Sally
Anna
Nora
Dora
Tara
Patsy
Barbara
Melody
Eliza
Georgine
Amber

peaceinourtime · 09/09/2023 09:49

Anthea, Lois or Nita.

lazysummer · 10/09/2023 00:01

Polly is a great name: ageless and uncommon. I have a Nancy- also a great name!

heartofglass23 · 10/09/2023 19:02

Betsy
Nettie
Annie
Tillie
Petra
Vera
Pia
Lara
Trixie
Peggy
Yvonne
Mona
Jade
Ruby
June
April
Winnie
Gwen
Dora
Ivy

Hairballing · 10/09/2023 19:06

Fred and rose are great despite the link

user1492757084 · 11/09/2023 02:20

Heidi and Alfred go well.
Do you like ..
Rosemary
Camilla
Cressida
Pomeline
Clementine
Liberty
ollittie

Pawpawpatrol · 12/09/2023 20:34

Maggie
Rosie
Sally
Sandy
Betty
Dotty
Posy
Daisy
Annie
Maisie
Nancy
Sylvie
Nellie
Winnie
Wendy
Shellie
Barbie!
Stella

... Suki (couldn't resist)

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