Molly

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 236 words | Copyright

Molly ♀ Pet form of Mary, which, like the now obsolete variant Mally, seems to have been coined in the 18th century. Since the 1990s it has been increasingly popular in many parts of the English-speaking world.

Variant: Mollie.

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