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I don't know if this is already a popular response, but all I hear is "Polly want a cracker". And then when I try to think of something else, I just get "Polly put the kettle on". Dang. Sorry.

It's cute, but it looks a bit nicknamey for me. And then there's the association with parrots ("Polly want a cracker").

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Overall, though, I don't mind it. I think it would make a nice nickame for Apollonia, even though Polly is traditionally a nickname for Mary.

I think it's kind of funny that Polly is GP material. It seems totally normal to me, even a bit dated, like Susan or Molly. And I think it would age fine - look at actress Polly Walker. A beautiful mature woman, not cutesy-silly at all.

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I think Polly has a lot of hipster appeal and we might be seeing more of her around in years to come.

I LOVE Polly. I think it's adorable and I think it ages well too :)

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I adore it as a nickname for Penelope.

All I think of is "Polly wants a cracker" and Polly put the kettle on." I really can't see aging well either. Sounds to cutesy and can't imagine it on a child beyond the age of 5.

I LOVE Polly! It's my number one girls name at the moment. I think it ages really well, I know a 50 year old Polly and a 20 year old one and it suites both of them.

I quite like it and I think it ages well. Strangely, I think Molly doesn't age well but Polly does.

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I know a Polly who is in her mid 30s and I can easily imagine it on a little baby or an older woman as well.

Polly puzzles me rather. I dislike Holly, Olly and Molly (all family names one way or another: Olly = Olive) but I really like Polly a lot. It's also a family name, but clearly that isn't the issue.

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I can see Polly on all ages; back in the late 19th century branches of the family tree, a baby was named Hannah Mary. I suspect that her grandmother, also a Hannah Mary who died that same year (having been born during the Napoleonic wars) was the source. And she was always known as Polly. So I can easily balance a Victorian babe in a bonnet and a frail old lady in the 1950s, and they both look convincing. But, I don't see Polly working as a nn in our world. A separate, independent name or nothing. And that might mean that it would do better as a mn.

I really like Polly, but only as a nn for either Apollonia or Hippolyta.

I like it as a nn only. I think it's too insubstantial as a full name and I dont see it working on a grown woman, it wouldn't age well imo. I do like it though!