Name meaning & stats
Dolly
Dolly means “gift of God” (Ancient Greek origin). 9,339 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
“gift of God”
Ancient GreekPet form of Dorothy
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
9,339 US babies were named Dolly between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dolly (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 66% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)