Dolly is a given name and nickname, often a diminutive of the English personal names Dorothy and Dolores.

People with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

In sports

Other

  • Doyle Brunson (1933–2023), professional poker player known as "Dolly" or "Texas Dolly"
  • Derek Draper (born 1967), British former lobbyist, nicknamed Dolly
  • Robert 'Dolly' Dunn (1941–2009), Australian paedophile
  • Dolly Gee (banker) (died 1966), American banker
  • Dolley Madison (1768-1849), First lady, spouse of President James Madison, who saved the Declaration of Independence in a suitcase when the capital was being invaded and set on fire.
  • Dolly Peel (1782–1857), celebrity in Victorian England; fishwife, smuggler, nurse and poet
  • Dolly Pentreath (died 1777), probably the last fluent native speaker of the Cornish language prior to its revival in 1904
  • Dolly Sinatra (1896–1977), mother of Frank Sinatra

See also

  • Dolley, a similarly-spelled given name
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