Editing Polly

{{About|the given name}}
'''Polly''' is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of [[Molly (name)|Molly]] (a diminutive of [[Mary (name)|Mary]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Mike |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Polly |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/polly |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Behind the Name |language=en}}</ref> Polly may also be a short form of names such as [[Polina (given name)|Polina]], [[Polona (given name)|Polona]], [[Pauline (given name)|Pauline]], [[Paula (given name)|Paula]] or [[Paulina (given name)|Paulina]].
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==People==

===Female===
====Given name====
* [[PJ Harvey]] (born 1969), English singer/songwriter
* [[Polly Apfelbaum]] (born 1955), American contemporary visual artist
* [[Polly Arnold]] (born 1972), British academic
* [[Polly Baca]] (born 1941), American politician
* [[Polly Bartlett]], American serial killer, perhaps fictitious
* [[Polly Barton]], American textile artist
* [[Polly Bemis]] (1853–1933), Chinese-American pioneer
* [[Polly Bennett]] (1922–2003), American artist
* [[Polly Berry]] (c. 1818–c. 1870–1880), also known as Polly Crockett and Polly Wash, African-American slave who successfully sued for her freedom and that of her daughter
* [[Polly Borland]] (born 1959), Australian photographer
* [[Polly Bradfield]] ({{fl.|1977–1986}}), American violinist
* [[Polly Brown]] (born 1947), English singer
* [[Polly Draper]] (born 1955), American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director
* [[Polly Dunbar]] (born 1977), British author and illustrator
* [[Polly Emery]] (1875–1958), British actress
* Polly Gage (1805–1882), namesake of [[Aunt Polly's Wash Tub]]
* [[Polly Granzow]] (born 1941), American politician
* [[Polly Guerin]] (died 2021), American writer
* [[Polly Hill (economist)]] (1914–2005), British economic historian
* [[Polly Holliday]] (born 1937), American actress 
* [[Polly Horvath]] (born 1957), Canadian author 
* [[Polly Irungu]], Kenyan-American photographer and journalist
* [[Polly James (broadcaster)]] (born 1986 or 1987), Welsh radio and television presenter
* [[Polly James (screenwriter)]] (fl. 1940s–1950s), American screen writer
* [[Murder of Polly Klaas|Polly Klaas]] (1981–1993), American teen murder victim
* [[Polly Maberly]] (born 1976), English actress
* [[Polly Matzinger]] (born 1947), French immunologist
* [[Polly Allen Mellen]] (1924–2024), American stylist and fashion editor for ''Harper's Bazaar'' and ''Vogue''
* [[Polly Nelson]] (born 1952), American attorney and author
* [[Polly Pattullo]], British author, journalist, editor and publisher
* [[Polly Paulusma]] (born 1976), English singer-songwriter
* [[Polly Renton]] (1970–2010), British documentary film maker 
* [[Polly Riley]] (1926–2002), American amateur golfer
* [[Polly Samson]] (born 1962), English journalist and writer
* [[Polly Scattergood]] (born 1986), English singer-songwriter
* [[Polly Shannon]] (born 1973), Canadian actress
* [[Polly Smith (inventor)]], (born 1949), American costume designer, inventor of the sports bra
* [[Polly Stenham]] (born 1986), English playwright
* [[Polly Stockton]] (born 1973), British event (horse) rider
* [[Polly Swann]] (born 1988), British rower and world champion in the women's coxless pairs
* [[Polly Sy]], Filipino mathematician
* [[Polly Teale]] (born 1962), British writer and theater director
* [[Polly Walker]] (born 1966), English actress
* [[Polly Ann Young]] (1908–1997), American actress, sister of Loretta Young
* [[Polly Young]] (1749–1799), English soprano, composer and keyboard player

====Nickname====
* [[Caresse Crosby]] (1891–1970), American art patron, poet, publisher, peace activist and inventor of the first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance
* [[Mary Jefferson Eppes]] (1778–1804), a daughter of Thomas Jefferson, known as Polly during her childhood
* [[Mary Ann Nichols]] (1845–1888), a victim of the Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper
* [[Polly Adams]] (born 1939), English actress 
* [[Polly Adler]] (1900–1962), Russian-born American madam and author
* [[Polly Bergen]] (1930–2014), American actress and singer
* [[Polly Craus]] (1923–2006), American fencer
* [[Polly Elwes]] (1928–1987), British television presenter and actress 
* [[Polly Hill (horticulturist)]] (1907–2007), American horticulturist
* [[Polly Knipp Hill]] (1900–1990), American artist
* [[Polly James]] (born 1941), British actress
* [[Polly Lada-Mocarski]] (1902–1997), American bookbinder, inventor and rare book scholar
* [[Lam Po Kuen]] (born 1982), also known as Polly Lam, Hong Kong former tennis player
* [[Polly Marshall]] (1932–1995), English cricketer
* [[Polly Moran]] (1883–1952), American actress and comedian
* [[Polly Platt]] (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter
* [[Polly Powrie]] (born 1987), New Zealand sailor
* [[Polly Rosenbaum]] (1899–2003), American politician and teacher
* [[Polly Rowles]] (1914–2001), American actress
* [[Polly Shackleton]] (1910–1997), American politician
* [[Polly Smith (photographer)]] (1908–1980), American photographer
* [[Polly Toynbee]] (born 1946), British journalist and writer
* [[Polly Lauder Tunney]] (1907–2008), American philanthropist and socialite, wife of boxer Gene Tunney
* [[Mary Woffington]] (1729–1811), Irish actress and socialite
* [[Polly Palfrey Woodrow]] (1906–1997), American tennis 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]]'' and ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''
*Aunt Polly, in the novel ''[[Pollyanna]]''
*Aunt Polly, in the TV series ''[[Something Special (TV series)|Something Special]]''
*Cactus Polly, in American-British children's TV series ''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]''
*Polly, a character in the [[Jaws (franchise)#Principal cast|''Jaws'' movie franchise]]
*Polly, a minor ''Peanuts'' character from the special, ''[[Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown]]''
*[[Polly Becker]], on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1997–1998)
*Polly Chuck, in the anime television series ''[[Fables of the Green Forest#Character|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 (American TV series)|Riverdale]]''
*Polly Cronin, from 1991 black comedy movie ''[[Drop Dead Fred#Cast|Drop Dead Fred]]''
*Polly Dawson, in the American TV sitcom ''[[Soap (TV series)#Characters|Soap]]''
*Polly Duncan, Jim Qwilleran's girlfriend in [[The Cat Who...|''The Cat Who . . .'']] series by Lillian Jackson Braun
*Polly Emmerson, in British medical drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
*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 (TV series)|Peaky Blinders]]''
*Polly Maxwell, a character in the American TV miniseries [[V (1983 miniseries)#Cast|V (1983)]] and ''[[V The Final Battle#Cast|V The Final Battle]]''
*[[Polly O'Keefe]], 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 (TV 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
*[[Along Came Polly#Cast|Polly Prince]], title character in the film ''Along Came Polly'', played by [[Jennifer Aniston]]
*Polly Reed, a character in the 1981 American satirical black comedy movie ''[[S.O.B. (film)#Cast|S.O.B.]]''
*Polly Urquhart, character in [[Howards' Way|''Howards Way'']] television show
*[[Polly (Underdog)|Polly (''Underdog'')]], full name Sweet Polly Purebread, in the American animated TV series ''Underdog''
*[[Polly Sherman]], 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#Cast|FairyTale: A True Story]]''
*Polly, in the 1935 American drama film ''[[Orchids to You#Partial cast|Orchids to You]]''
*Polly the parrot, a character in the 2001 American supernatural parody movie ''[[Scary Movie 2#Cast|Scary Movie 2]]''
*Polly, the pet parrot of G.I. Joe member [[Shipwreck (G.I. Joe)#Cartoon|Shipwreck]] from the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' cartoon series
*[[Polly (Doctor Who)|Polly (''Doctor Who'')]], in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', a companion of the First and Second Doctors
*[[List of books written by Daisy Meadows#Rainbow Magic|Polly the Party Fun Fairy]], from the book series ''[[Rainbow Magic]]''

==See also==
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* [[Poly (disambiguation)]]
* [[Pollyanna (disambiguation)]]
* [[Polly Perkins (disambiguation)]]
* [[Pretty Polly (disambiguation)]]

==References==
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