Meaning and Origin
What does the name Pollyanna mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Pollyanna is of Polish origin and means "Amazing".
Polly + Anna
- A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
Wikisource
- One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
- You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious .
- One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
- You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious .
The sense of a persistent optimist comes from the name of the protagonist in the novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Porter.
- One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
- You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious .
- (colloquial, US, Southeastern Pennsylvania) A secret Santa gift exchange.