Girl · English and Irish pet form of a Hebrew name
Mollie
Say it: MOL-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Mary, from Hebrew Miryam, whose meaning is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
An older spelling of Molly, common in the US in the late 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 47,178 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 343 girls
- 223 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Molly
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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