Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 Polly
/POL · ee/
Meaning
“Sea of bitterness”
English diminutive of Mary or Margaret, from Hebrew Miriam or Greek Margarita; the substitution of P for M was a medieval naming convention; Polly carries Victorian nursery warmth.
Nicknames
pol · poll
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Vintage and reviving; old enough to feel fresh again in the grandma-name wave.
The cultural moment.
Common in England through the Victorian era; rare by 1970 but rising again in the UK since 2015.