Polly
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A diminutive form or nickname for Mary.
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Pollyanna
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A compound form of Polly and Anna, but, figuratively, a persistently cheerful optimist, in allusion to the heroine of Eleanor H.
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Poppy
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“The milk of happiness,” from the Latin papaver, the name of a plant having thick, milky juice, on the basis of papa, thick milk.
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