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Hi Perrine !!!

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I pick Holly.

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It is one of my favourite name since I was a child.
I love the plant, I love how it rings amd how it looks like. If I were English it would be among my first choices and in real life it is in my list for a usable MN.

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Molly has an horrible sound.
In Italian "molle" means "weak, feeble, flaccid" so it is a bad link imo.
After that Molly is strickly linked with a character: Molly Weasley (Harry Potter saga). This is a very positive link because I love the Weasley Family.
But the negative fact is that because of the character I can figure it only on a woman in her 40s-50s.

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Both Holly and Molly are ginger in my mind, this is a lovely fact.

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As a name-nerd I prefer the form Polly over Molly.
Polly is charming and fairy-like as If it were Tinkerbell's name.

This message was edited 7/29/2018, 1:03 PM

Holly seems more modern and, in its way, a minor classic. Molly is not only dated; it also carries the baggage of having been a routine nn for Mary, going back to when there were so many Mary people that they had to be distinguished somehow, I suppose. So, lightweight, frivolous and stuck in the past.

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ETA: Felie's post below made me think of the Afrikaans word 'mollig' which is a somewhat polite way of saying that someone is overweight, plump, podgy ... another black mark against Molly!

This message was edited 7/29/2018, 1:12 PM

Definitely Molly. Molly is loud and strong, but kind and sweet. Holly is brash and brusque.

Holly. I like the spikiness of it. Molly seems soft and floppy somehow: more of a cuddly labrador name.
And if shortened, I'd much rather be Hol than Moll.

I prefer Molly, I feel like I’ve heard it much less than Holly. I have a friend called Holly too, so I’d feel weird using it. I did know a Molly (actually a double barrelled Molly- ) and she was pretty cool, plus I don’t talk to her anymore, so I’m fine with it.

They both seem a bit Irish...not exclusively so at all, but more so than the average name.

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Molly's age is harder to place, although I don't think Holly is that dated.

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Molly is a medieval diminutive, like Maude and Lucy, while Holly is a plant name, like Ivy or Hazel.

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If I were picking a color for each: Molly is brown (because of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" maybe?), and Holly is green, because of the bush/tree.

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They could both have religious associations. I get the feeling that the same group of people that'd like Lily, Noelle, and/or Molly, might also like Holly.

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I prefer Holly.

This message was edited 7/29/2018, 2:51 PM

is prettier, and it is a nice Christmas name!

Holly.

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:)

Pretty strongly dislike them both, and for the same reason (they seem cutesy and insubstantial to me). If I had to choose I’d go with Holly because it’s a plant and a ful name, while Molly is just a nickname for Mary. Molly is also the slang name of a drug.

To me, these names are equally beautiful, but are entirely different; either name can "be called" or known as "the other", yet I would not try to compare them.

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Holly (to me) is the childhood associations of Christmas; evergreen trees are still green in summer.

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Molly is the "real & perfectly pragmatic girl"; I'd rather not state "loved" for private reasons - but beloved - even perhaps like the velveteen rabbit - not that the physical realm (physique) is that important.

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These are just my thoughts.

This message was edited 7/30/2018, 3:07 AM

I love both actually. If it was for a baby born in December, then I'd definitely go with Holly. Otherwise I'd probably go with Molly, because I've always just loved it for years.