FromMoll, diminutivelambdacism ofMary +-y.
Molly
- A diminutive ofMaryor, less often,Margaret.
1864 August –1866 January,[Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 6, inWives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Smith, Elder and Co., […], published1866,→OCLC:"My name'sMolly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likesMolly."
"That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear."
"Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier thanMolly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley.
"I think it was," saidMolly, lowering her voice, and dropping her eyes, "because mamma was Mary, and I was calledMolly when she lived."
1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, inMilly-Molly-Mandy Stories:But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.
- A femalegiven name from Hebrew.
Molly (countable anduncountable,pluralMollies)
- (Canada,US, slang, uncountable)Alternativeletter-case form ofmolly: the crystalline or powdered form ofMDMA.
- (historical) AMolly Maguire.
Molly m (strong,genitiveMollys,pluralMollys)
- (slang)ecstasy,molly,mandy(the drugMDMA)
Declension ofMolly [masculine, strong]
- “Molly” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
FromEnglishMolly. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1806.
Molly c (genitiveMollys)
- a femalegiven name
