Polly

English variation of Molly, diminutive of Mary, Hebrew

"bitter"

Polly Origin and Meaning

Variation of Mary

Polly Rank in US Top 1000

# 798 in the US

Polly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 389 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Polly

• 389 Nameberry 2025
• 201 England 2024

20 Names Similar to Polly

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• Minnie
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• Betsy
• Dottie
• Dolly
• Peggy
• Penny
• Dot
• Sally
• Nellie
• Bess
• Lois
• Bonnie
• Jean
• Lou
• Franny
• Flo
• Kitty
• Bessie
• Wendy

Famous People Named Polly

• Polly Coke Viscountess Coke
• Polly Jean "P.J." Harvey British singer,songwriter
• Pauline "Polly" Adams English actress
• Pearl "Polly" Adler American madam and author
• Polly Bemis Chinese,American pioneer
• Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin) American singer and actress
• Polly Berry American slave who sued for her freedom
• Polly Bradfield American violinist
• Polly Borland Australian photographer
• Polly Brown English singer
• Polly Carey Draper American actress
• Polly Dunbar English author and illustrator
• Polly Durant American cellist
• Polly Dean Holliday American actress
• Polly Emery British actress
• Pauline Theresa "Polly" Moran American actress and comedian
• Mary Marr "Polly" Platt American film producer
• Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger French immunologist
• Polly Shannon Canadian actress
• Polly Hannah Klaas American child murder victim
• Polly Paulusma English singer,songwriter
• Polly Lucinda Maberly English actress
• Polly Scattergood English singer,songwriter
• Polly Stenham English playwright
• Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee English journalist
• Polly Perkins (born Gillian Nessie Arnold) English actress and singer
• Polly Horvath American,Canadian children's author
• Polly James English actress
• Polly Samson English novelist
• Polly Ward British singer and actress
• Polly Alexandra Walker English actress
• Polly Young English soprano and composer
• Polly Ann Young American actress; sister of actress Loretta Young
• Polly Maness (b. 2018) daughter of actress Erika Christensen and husband Cole Maness

The name Polly in Pop Culture

• Aunt Polly Tom Sawyer's guardian in the book/film by Mark Twain
• Pauline "Polly" Fossil character in Noel Streatfeild's "Ballet Shoes"
• Polly Sherman character in "Fawlty Towers"
• Polly Plummer character in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
• Polly Wright companion of the Doctor from BBCs Doctor Who
• Polly Harper character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
• Polly Cooper older sister of Betty in Archie Comics and TV's Riverdale
• Polly Perkins from movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"
• Sweet Polly Purebred character on animated series "Underdog"
• Polly librarian in "The Cat Who" series by Lilian Jackson Braun
• Polly Becker character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Polyhymnia "Polly" O'Keefe character in a series of books by Madeleine L'Engle
• Polly Baker character in the musical "Crazy for You"
• Polly Kemp character in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
• Elizabeth "Polly" Gray character on TV's "Peaky Blinders"
• Polly Brown character in Kit Pearson's "The Whole Truth"
• Polly Parsons character in film "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House"
• Polly Pocket line of miniature dolls
• Polly stereotypical parrot name ("Polly want a cracker")
• "Polly " song by Nirvana
• "Sweet Polly Oliver " English folk song about a cross,dressing girl
• "Little Polly Flinders " English nursery rhyme
• Polly Peachum character in The Threepenny/Beggars Opera by John Gay and Bertholt Brecht
• Paulina Mary "Polly" Home/de Bassompierre character in Villette by Charlotte Bronte
• Polaris "Polly" Klepsky Nonbinary character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"