Mollie/Molly?

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Which spelling do you prefer for the name? Molly or Mollie? I've been told by a few people it changes the "image" they get from the name. I tend to agree--I sort of like Molly, but it strikes me as almost mundane; while I find myself absolutely loving Mollie. What do you think?

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[solyma.livejournal.com]

i prefer molly. :)

[mommyof-2girls.livejournal.com]

Molly.

I might just be biased though...my niece's name is Molly. :)

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

Molly. I have always been a "y" kind of girl as opposed to "i" or "ie," plus Mollie will constantly be mistaken for Molly and need to be re-spelled.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Molly

I prefer the cleaner traditional spellings almost exclusively. Mollie isn't bad as far as creative spellings go, but I still prefer the most basic approach.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

:-)

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

If you go with Mollie, she'll always have people misspelling it...but I think it's cuter so I'd go for it. My name is Rachel and people ALWAYS make it Rachael...and that's annoying but I still like my spelling better and am glad my parents chose it. So that's not enough reason to not name her that. :)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Haha. One of my good friends is a Mollie, so I might be a bit biased myself! :-)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I've always been an "ie" girl myself, but that's the ticket, too. You don't want a kid walking around correcting everyone all the time. Thanks :-)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I prefer the cleaner traditional spellings almost exclusively.

I tend to as well, which is why this is a bit odd; except that I do tend to like "ie" versions better. In my mind, it seems more whole. But I was about to ask what the original version was, because Molly is a pet form for Mary, is it not? I think the Mollie spelling was always popular, and not just in recent years. I get what you mean about the most basic approach though. People spelling it "MiKayla" drive me batty. :)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

In theory. I'm only 19 and not pregnant. Don't scare me! ;-) But I agree with your approach. And, you know what? I have a friend named Rachael and people always spell it Rachel. My mom's name is Rachel as well, and people always spell it Rachael. I guess there's no way out. :-D

[our-journey.livejournal.com]

I love the spelling "Molly". It always seems so classic to me. You've seen it used in the "American Girl" book series, and I see it on many girls these days too. I always loved the classic spelling, although Mollie is a great version too.

[xxsilverbellsxx.livejournal.com]

Molly, though Mollie isn't bad.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I love classic names too, and usually the classic spellings. There's just something about Mollie that gets my... attention, I guess? I wonder when the Mollie version was formed, though. I know it's not a modern spelling. Hmm. :-)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree with you. As far as I know Mollie has been around as long as Molly. But you seem to know what I was getting at... :)

-ie spellings are those girls who sign their name with a heart over the I instead of a dot. -y girls are more real and down to earth. At least that how it was for Jenny vs Jennie (the nn for my own name).

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks.

[our-journey.livejournal.com]

Maybe in the 60/70's possibly? My mom had a friend from high school with that last name and my mom graduated in '79. :)

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Just for personal preference, I like Molly, Mollie looks strange to me for some reason. But I like it either way, it's not horrible or anything, I can SO see someone one day spelling it something awful like Maywliey. In the scope of 'alternate spellings' it's pretty normal.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I prefer Molly, but then, it's my name, so any other spelling would probably look strange to me. I think both are equally "common," and almost everyone misspells my name as "Mollie," so maybe Mollie is actually the "normal" spelling, I have no idea.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Really? I've gotten a LOT of people who misspell my name as "Mollie."

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I do! But people will always consider Molly the classic version. I do too. I think we're on to something here. :)

The one Mollie I know is from Berkeley and has all the traits of a Berkeley girl; a heart over the I is not one of them, so your comment made me smile. I normally wouldn't think that of the -ie spelling, but I know most people would. I even (secretly) like Amie a bit more than I do Amy; it's as if I cannot help it, even though rationally I prefer the cleaner spellings myself. :-)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, "unique" (Uneek!) spellings. MiKayla. McKenzee. Alivia. It's enough to make you smack your head into a wall.

(my favourite name is Kate, and a friend once told me she can see the day someone spells it "K8" or something similar; it made me laugh, like Maywliey, and then it made me sad, because you just know it's bound to happen, if it hasn't already).

I'm not even sure Mollie is an alternate spelling. It's been around as long as Molly, as far as I can see. It's actually really interesting, as they're both pet forms for Mary. I wonder when Mollie came along.

:-)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

You have a pretty name :)

I don't know either. I think that you're bound to get your name misspelled. I'm Jillian, and people spell it Gillian all the time, which I find reasonable; but then, all the Gillians I know have it misspelled as Jillian. We're all doomed. ;-)

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know, that poor child out there somewhere. Moderating this community has made me bitter, I think :P. I'd go with it, I think you may be right on that 'alternate spelling', I think both are pretty common. I've always said people need to start putting LESS Y's in their children's names, with all these Jaydyn's and whatnot.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

It seems to have been popular around 1900 as well, say... random names resources around the web. I would have thought it was a 60's thing, too, but my research proved me wrong. Hmm! :)