Polly

"Polly" is a nickname, and often a name in its own right, for girls, which was derived from the name Molly. In 18th and 19th Century New England it was a common nickname for Mary.

Persons

• Polly Bergen, a singer and actress
• Polly Klaas, a murder victim
• Polly Marshall, worlds worst Snowboarder

Music

• "Polly" (song), a song by Nirvana
• Polly (Kinks song), a song by the Kinks
• "Polly Wolly Doodle", a popular children's song
• "Sweet Polly Oliver", an English folksong
• Polly (musical), a 1929 Broadway musical

Fiction

• Polly (novel), a novel by Freya North
• Polly: A Novel, a novel by Amy Bryant
• Polly Perks, the main character in Terry Pratchett's novel Monstrous Regiment
• Polly Spark, a fictional character in Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain
• Along Came Polly, film with character Polly Prince
• Polly (Doctor Who), a fictional character in Doctor Who
• Polly (1989 film), a television musical adaptation of the book Pollyanna, starring Keshia Knight Pulliam and Phylicia Rashad
• Aunt Polly, a character in Tom Sawyer
• Polly Plummer, a main character in the novel, The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis
• Polly Sherman, The waitress in the British Sitcom Fawlty Towers, played by Connie Booth

Other

• A stereotypical parrot is often called Polly
• Polly (robot), an early vision-based mobile robot
• "Polly put the kettle on", nursery rhyme with Polly as the subject
• Polly Pocket, popular children's toy, mostly played with by young girls
• Polly (peanut), a Norwegian peanut snack brand
• Polly and Molly were two genetically engineered sheep