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Mollie vs Millie - What's the difference?

mollie | millie |

As proper nouns the difference between mollie and millie

is that mollie is an alternative spelling of Molly, diminutive of the female given name Mary while Millie is a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia and Camilla, also used as a formal given name.

As nouns the difference between mollie and millie

is that mollie is any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called genus: Mollienesia while millie is (Northern Ireland, 19th Century, pejorative or affectionate) a mill-worker, usually a young, working class woman working in the factories of Ireland's linen industry.

mollie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An alternative spelling of Molly, diminutive of the female given name Mary.
  • * 1955 , The New Yorker (Condé Nast Publications), volume 31, issues 13–25, page 34
  • It was a crack division by then, and probably the chief architect of its excellence, next to Eddy, had been a private named Warner and nicknamed Molotov, which was later shortened to Mollie .
    English diminutives of female given names

    millie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Milly

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia and Camilla, also used as a formal given name.