Molly (name)

Molly
Gender:	Female
Origin:	English/Irish
Meaning:	the perfect one diminutive form of mary

Molly is a female nickname, once a pet-name for Mary or Margaret, and now more commonly a name in its own right. Notables often known just by the first name of Molly include:

• Molly Hart, a French actress
• Molly McGee, fictional character in the Fibber McGee and Molly radio comedy
• Molly Bloom, fictional character in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce
• Molly, the Mail Lady, character on the television show Sesame Street
• Molly, genetically engineered sheep
• Molly O'Reilly, the sometime girlfriend of magician Timothy Hunter in the Vertigo comic book series The Books of Magic.
• Molly Weasley, a character in the Harry Potter series, played by Julie Walters in the films
• Alexander Wood (merchant), nicknamed "Molly Wood" for his involvement in a gay sex scandal in 1810
• Molly Ringwald, American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her involvement in The Brat Pack in the 1980s
• Margaret Brown, a survivor of the RMS Titanic, who was nicknamed "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" but was never actually known as Molly in her lifetime
• Molly Pitcher, a woman who brought water to soldiers and took her fallen husband's post during the American Revolutionary War
• Molly Monday, fictional character in the film Dream for an Insomniac.
• Molly McIntryre, a doll from the American Girl series.
• Molly Millions, a character in William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy and other short stories.
• Molly Ivins, a political humorist and journalist.

Translations

• French: Molie
• German: Mollie
• Hebrew: מולי (móli)
• Italian: Molia
• Norwegian: Ollie
• Polish: Moli
• Portuguese: Molía
• Spanish: Molia