Meaning, origin and history of the name Molly

Gender Feminine

Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɑl.i/(American English) /ˈmɒl.i/(British English) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Medieval diminutive of Mary, now often used independently. It developed from Malle and Molle, other medieval diminutives. James Joyce used this name in his novel Ulysses (1922), where it belongs to Molly Bloom, the wife of the main character.

Related Names

VariantsMollie, Pollie, Polly

Other Languages & CulturesMarie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Mariem, Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Maia, Mall, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere, Miriama(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Malia, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marion, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) Maria, Meri(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam(Hebrew) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Mallaidh(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Mariella, Marietta, Mia(Italian) Märiyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra(Latvian) Marija, Marytė(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere, Miriama(Maori) Molle, Malle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maja, Mia, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariazinha(Portuguese) Maryam(Quranic) Maria(Romanian) Maria, Mariia, Mariya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía(Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My(Swedish) Märyam, Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariia, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)

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Entry updated December 1, 2024