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polly Name Meaning and History

  1. French and English (of Norman origin): from Old French poli ‘agreeable’, ‘polite’ (literally ‘polished’, past participle of Old French polir), hence a nickname for a courteous or amiable person (perhaps also sometimes given ironically to a boor).
  2. Altered form of German Polley, a habitational name from any of several places so named in Anhalt and Brandenburg.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of polly Families in the US in 1920
Number of polly families
 34-65
 12-33		 1-11
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Threads: 87 - Messages: 201
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Joe Polly shortielynn09 0
Polly married McCrory ladysmurf71957 0
William D. Polley VT-WI-IL-CO barbara15 0
Mary Polly married to Elijah Mullins DrCraigBrown 2
Betsy POLLY and Matthew Jr. WALKUP married 1802 in Adair Co, Kentucky morocco2 3
Raymond E Polly liannahicks 0
POLLY, RAYMOND OR ROBERT gc12420 2
Cora Polly Virginia Elizabeth Batson Levercom 12
Rhoda Polly David R. Oberley 3
Emily Polly from Lansdowne, Ontario Canada dlandon1 1
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