Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as

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, Polona, Paula or

Paulina Paulina or Paullina (, ) was a name shared by three relatives of the Roman Emperor Hadrian: his mother, his elder sister and his niece. Mother of Hadrian Domitia Paulina or Paullina, Domitia Paulina Major or Paulina Major, (''Major'' Latin fo ...

People named or nicknamed Polly

Female

Caresse Crosby Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob; April 20, 1892 – January 24, 1970) was the first recipient of a patent for the modern bra, an American patron of the arts, publisher, and the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writ ...

(1891–1970), American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, peace activist and inventor of the first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance, who was also known as Polly Jacob and Polly Peabody * Mary Jefferson Eppes (1778–1804), a daughter of Thomas Jefferson, known as Polly during her childhood * Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols (1845–1888), a victim of the Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper *

PJ Harvey Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined loca ...

(born 1969), English singer/songwriter * Polly Adams (born 1939), English actress * Polly Adler (1900–1962), Russian-born American madam and author * Polly Apfelbaum (born 1955), American contemporary visual artist * Polly Arnold (born 1972), British academic * Polly Baca (born 1941), American politician *

Polly Bemis Polly Bemis (September 11, 1853 – November 6, 1933) was a Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her story became a biographical novel, and was the subject of the 1991 film ''Thousand Pieces of Gold ...

(1853–1933), Chinese-American pioneer * Polly Bennett (1922–2003), American artist * Polly Bergen (1930–2014), American actress and singer * Polly Berry (c. 1818–c. 1870–1880), African-American slave who successfully sued for her freedom and that of her daughter * Polly Borland (born 1959), Australian photographer * Polly Bradfield, American violinist * Polly Brown (born 1947), English singer * Polly Draper (born 1955), American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director * Polly Dunbar, British author and illustrator * Polly Emery (1875–1958), British actress * Polly Granzow (born 1941), Iowa State Representative from the 44th District * Polly Hill (economist) (1914–2005), British economic historian * Polly Hill (horticulturist) (1907–2007), American horticulturist * Polly Holliday (born 1937), American actress * Polly Horvath (born 1957), Canadian author * Polly James - multiple people ** Polly James (born 1941), British actress **

Polly James (broadcaster) Polly James (formerly Polly Lake; born ) is a Welsh radio and television presenter. She has presented for Absolute Radio, Radio X, and Capital South Wales. She has been a television sports broadcaster, covering darts for Sky Sports, as well as ...

(fl. 2010 -), British broadcaster **

Polly James (screenwriter) Polly James was an American screenwriter and TV writer active in the 1940s and 1950s. Much of her work was in the Western genre. For many years she lived with sculptor Nína Sæmundsson on Camrose Drive near the Hollywood Bowl. She was a member ...

(fl. 1940's - 1950's), American screen writer * Polly Klaas (1981–1993), American murder victim * Polly Lada-Mocarski (1902–1997), American bookbinder, inventor and rare book scholar *

Polly Maberly Polly Maberly (born 1976) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Kitty Bennet in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice''. She is the older sister of actress Kate Maberly. Television * ''The Children of Green Knowe ...

(born 1976), English actress *

Polly Marshall Olive Mary "Polly" Marshall (17 May 1932 – March 1995) was an English cricketer who played, as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 13 Test matches for England between 1954 and 1966. She played domestic cricket f ...

, English professional cricketer *

Polly Matzinger Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger (born July 21, 1947, in La Seyne, France) is a French-born Immunology, immunologist who proposed the danger model theory of how the immune system works. Early years Polly Matzinger was born on July 21, 1947, in Fra ...

(born 1947), French immunologist * Polly Allen Mellen (born 1924), American stylist and fashion editor for ''Harper's Bazaar'' and ''Vogue'' * Polly Moran (1883–1952), American actress and comedian * Polly Nelson (born 1952), American attorney and author * Polly Pattullo, British author, journalist, editor and publisher * Polly Paulusma (born 1976), English singer-songwriter * Polly Perkins (born 1943), British actress, singer and writer * Polly Platt (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter * Polly Powrie (born 1987), New Zealand sailor * Polly Renton (1970–2010), British documentary film maker * Polly Riley (1926–2002), American amateur golfer *

Polly Rosenbaum Edwynne Cutler "Polly" Rosenbaum (September 4, 1899 – December 28, 2003) was a teacher and politician who was Arizona's longest-serving state legislator, representing Gila County in the Arizona House of Representatives for 46 years.

(1899–2003), American politician and teacher * Polly Rowles (1914–2001), American actress * Polly Samson (born 1962), English journalist and writer * Polly Scattergood (born 1986), English singer-songwriter * Polly Shackleton (1910–1997), American politician * Polly Shannon (born 1973), Canadian actress *

Polly Smith Polly Smith may refer to: * Polly Smith (inventor), (born 1949), American costume designer and inventor of the sports bra * Polly Smith (photographer) Frances Sutah "Polly" Smith (December 29, 1908 – June 18, 1980) was an American photogra ...

(1908–1980), American photographer * Polly Stenham (born 1986), English playwright *

Polly Stockton Polly Stockton (born 23 October 1973) is a British event rider. Stockton is a member of the British World Class Performance squad. She attended Adcote School in Shropshire. Stockton has had a successful career as a young rider; she won the te ...

(born 1973), British event (horse) rider * Poly Styrene (1957–2011) professional name of Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, British musician and singer-songwriter *

Polly Swann Polly Swann (born 5 June 1988) is a British rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. She is a former World and European champion in the women's coxless pairs, having won the 2013 World Rowing Championships at Chungju in Korea, and t ...

(born 1988), British rower and world champion in the women's coxless pairs * Polly Sy, Filipino mathematician *

Polly Teale Polly Teale (born December 1962) is a British theatre director and playwright best known for her work with the Shared Experience theatre company, of which she was an artistic director. Career In 2002, Teale directed a production of Helen Edmunds ...

(born 1962), British writer and theater director *

Polly Toynbee Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ''The Guardian'' newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 19 ...

(born 1946), British journalist and writer *

Polly Lauder Tunney Polly Lauder Tunney (born Mary Josephine Lauder; April 24, 1907 – April 12, 2008) was an American philanthropist and Connecticut socialite. An heiress to the United States Steel fortune through her grandfather George Lauder and her great-unc ...

(1907–2008), American philanthropist and socialite, wife of boxer Gene Tunney * Polly Walker (born 1966), English actress * Polly Ward (1912–1987), British singer and actress * Polly Ann Young (1908–1997), American actress, sister of Loretta Young * Polly Young (1749–1799), English soprano, composer and keyboard player

Male

* Bill Perkins (Australian rules footballer) (1920–2009), also known as Polly * Graham Farmer (1935–2019), Australian rules football player and coach, nicknamed Polly * Polly Umrigar (1926–2006), Indian cricketer * Polly Wolfe (1888–1939), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

*Alfred Polly, title character of '' The History of Mr Polly'', a novel by H. G. Wells *Aunt Polly, in the novels ''

Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the n ...

'' and ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' *Aunt Polly, in the novel '' Pollyanna'' * Polly Becker, on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1997–1998) *Cactus Polly, in American-British children's TV series '' Oswald'' *Polly Chuck, in the anime television series '' Fables of the Green Forest'' *Polly Churchill, a main character in Connie Willis' two-part novel '' Blackout/All Clear'' (2010) *Polly Cooper, in the American TV series '' Riverdale'' *Polly Cronin, from 1991 black comedy movie '' Drop Dead Fred'' *Polly Dawson, in the American TV sitcom '' Soap'' *Polly Duncan, Jim Qwilleran's girlfriend in ''The Cat Who . . .'' series by Lillian Jackson Braun *Polly Geist, in the simulation role-playing visual novel game '' Monster Prom'' *Polly Gray, nee Elizabeth Shelby, a senior member of the principal gangster family featured in the BBC TV series '' Peaky Blinders'' *Polly Maxwell, in the American TV miniseries V (1983) and '' V The Final Battle'' *

Polly O'Keefe The ''Time Quintet'' is a fantasy/science fiction series of five young adult novels written by Madeleine L'Engle. Publishing history The series originated with ''A Wrinkle in Time'', written from 1959 to 1960 and turned down by 26 publishers bef ...

, protagonist or major character in four Madeleine L'Engle novels * Polly Page, a police constable in British TV series ''The Bill'' *Polly Peachum, in Bertolt Brecht's play '' The Threepenny Opera'' *Polly Perkins, title character of the 19th-century music hall song '' Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green'' * Polly Plantar, a main character in the animated series '' Amphibia'' * Polly Plummer, a main character in C. S. Lewis' novel ''The Magician's Nephew'' * Polly Pocket, a main character in the Polly Pocket series * Polly Prince, title character in the film ''Along Came Polly'', played by Jennifer Aniston * Polly (''Underdog''), full name Sweet Polly Purebread, in the American animated TV series ''Underdog'' *

Polly Sherman Polly Sherman is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Played by Connie Booth, she is Fawlty Towers' long-suffering waitress and maid, hotel maid. Personality Polly is the hotel waitress during the series, and one of only ...

, waitress in the British sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'', played by Connie Booth *Polly Wright, in the 1997 French-American fantasy drama movie '' FairyTale: A True Story'' *Polly, in the 1935 American drama film '' Orchids to You'' *Polly, the pet parrot of G.I. Joe member

Shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...

from the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' cartoon series * Polly (Doctor Who), in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', a companion of the First and Second Doctors * Polly the Party Fun Fairy, from the book series ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number o ...

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