The polly Surname

polly Name Meaning and History

French and English (of Norman origin): from Old French poli ‘agreeable’, ‘polite’ (literally ‘polished’, past participle of Old French polir), hence a nickname for a courteous or amiable person (perhaps also sometimes given ironically to a boor).
Altered form of German Polley, a habitational name from any of several places so named in Anhalt and Brandenburg.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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polly Family Facts

Distribution of polly Families in the US in 1920

Number of polly families

34-65

12-33

1-11

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 87 - Messages: 201

Thread	Author	Replies
Joe Polly	shortielynn09	0
Polly married McCrory	ladysmurf71957	0
William D. Polley VT-WI-IL-CO	barbara15	0
Mary Polly married to Elijah Mullins	DrCraigBrown	2
Betsy POLLY and Matthew Jr. WALKUP married 1802 in Adair Co, Kentucky	morocco2	3
Raymond E Polly	liannahicks	0
POLLY, RAYMOND OR ROBERT	gc12420	2
Cora Polly	Virginia Elizabeth Batson Levercom	12
Rhoda Polly	David R. Oberley	3
Emily Polly from Lansdowne, Ontario Canada	dlandon1	1

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