Moll

A diminutive lambdacism of Mary. Compare Sally from Sarah and Hal from Harry.

Moll

1. (archaic) A pet name for Mary.
   • 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 262:

     Theſe vvere they that gave me that Name of Moll Flanders: For it vvas no more of Affinity vvith my real Name, or vvith any of the Names I had ever gone by than black, is of Kin to vvhite, […]

2. (possibly older usage) Alternative form of Mol, Belgium

• Molly, Mollie

• LOML

Borrowed from Latin mollis.

Moll n (strong, genitive Moll, no plural)

1. (music) minor

   Antonym: Dur

• → Norwegian Bokmål: moll

Moll m (strong, genitive Molles or Molls, plural Molle or Molls))

1. cotton molton

   Synonyms: Molton, Baumwollmolton

Moll m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Molls or (with an article) Moll, feminine genitive Moll, plural Molls)

1. a surname

• “Moll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Moll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Moll (Gewebe)” in Duden online
• “Moll (Tongeschlecht)” in Duden online
•   Moll on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

A diminutive lambdacism of Maree.

• IPA^(key): /mɔɫ/

Moll

1. a female given name
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 15:

     Zyin "Thaar gows Peg an Moll an Kaat

     Saying "There goes Peg and Moll and Kate,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131