Molly

Diminutive of Mary, Hebrew

"bitter"

Molly Origin and Meaning

Variation of Mary

Molly Rank in US Top 1000

# 208 in the US

Molly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 82 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Molly

• 208 US 2024
• 82 Nameberry 2025
• 178 Canada 2021
• 105 England 2024
• 68 scotland 2024
• 22 Ireland 2024
• 93 Australia 2020
• 69 New Zealand 2023
• 36 sweden 2024
• 46 Denmark 2024
• 13 Dogs 2023
• 21 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Molly

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Famous People Named Molly

• Molly Kathleen Ringwald American actress
• Molly Caitlyn Quinn American actress
• Molly Helen Shannon American actress and comedienne
• Molly Sims American actress and model
• Margaret "Molly" Brown ("The Unsinkable") American Titanic survivor
• Molly Pitcher heroine in the American Revolution
• Molly Joan Hagan American actress
• Molly Neuman musician of American band Bratmobile
• Molly Williams America's first female firefighter
• Molly Holly ring name of Nora Kristina Greenwald, American pro wrestler
• Molly Parker Canadian actress
• Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins American newspaper columnist
• Molly Alice Smitten Downes, English singer,songwriter
• Molly Kathleen Burnett American actress
• Molly Hunt American singer,songwriter known as Svrcina
• Molly Ariel daughter of actress Cybill Shepherd; twin of Cyrus Zachariah
• Molly Gallagher daughter of British musician Liam Gallagher
• Molly June Benioff (b. 2010) Daughter of actors Amanda Peet and David Benioff
• Molly Sullivan Manno (b. 2016) daughter of American television personality, correspondent, host, spokesperson and blogger Ali Fedotowsky and American television and radio host Kevin Manno
• Molly Burke blind YouTube vlogger

The name Molly in Pop Culture

• Molly Malone Irish folk heroine
• Mollysoda internet personality and artist
• Molly Jean McIntire character in the American Girl series
• Molly Weasley character in the Harry Potter series
• Molly Hooper character on TV's "Sherlock"
• Molly Dobbs character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Molly Flynn Biggs, main character on TV's "Mike & Molly"
• Molly Moon book series by Georgia Byng
• Molly Morgan a main character on TV's "The Torkelsons"
• Molly Phillips main character on TV's "So Weird"
• Molly O'Brien character on TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
• Molly Walker character on TV's "Heroes"
• Molly character in musical "Annie"
• Molly Finch character in the game "What Remains of Edith Finch"
• Molly Gunn main character in the movie "Uptown Girls"
• Molly Jones character in the Beatles song "Ob,La,Di, Ob,La,Da"
• Molly Lansing Davis, character on soap "General Hospital"
• Molly Goldberg main character on TV, radio, and movie "The Goldbergs"
• Molly McKay main character in 1999 movie "Molly"
• Molly Parker character on TV's "The Facts of Life"
• Molly the Dolly character on TV's "The Big Comfy Couch"
• Molly Baker character in anime 'Sailor Moon'
• Molly Zane character in the series 'Fallen' by Lauren Kate
• Marion "Molly" Bloom character in James Joyce's "Ulysses"
• Molly Fitzgerald aka Shamrock character in Marvel Comics
• Eva "Molly" Wei character in anime "Ōban Star,Racers"
• Milly Molly,Mandy, character in children's books by Joyce Lankester Brisley
• Molly Millions character in novels by William Gibson
• Molly French character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Molly Davis sister in Pixar's Toy Story series
• Molly Garfunkle character on TV's "How To Rock"
• Molly Singer daughter in the movie Corrina, Corrina
• Molly Victoria Sherwood character on TV's Army Wives
• Molly Scarlett Johansson's character in the movie "Chef"
• Molly Dawes a.k.a. Iona Payne character on TV's Forever
• Molly Hayes/Hernandez character in Marvel's Runaway comics
• Molly Hatchet American Southern rock band
• Flogging Molly American punk rock band
• "Good Golly Miss Molly," song by Little Richard
• "Anna Molly" a song by Incubus
• The Molly Maguires Irish secret society
• Molly slang for pure MDMA, main ingredient in the drug Ecstasy
• "Molly's Lips" song by Nirvana and The Vaselines
• "Molly's Chambers" song by Kings of Leon
• Molly Chalmers character in Lois Lowry's "A Summer to Die"
• Molly Grue character in "The Last Unicorn"
• Molly giant trance worm, owned by Cleveland Booker in the 32nd Century, Molly the trance worm was
• first scene in the Star Trek: Discovery episode "That Hope is You Part 1"
• Molly Cunningham character in the Disney animated series "TaleSpin"