Pollyanna.
A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
Meaning & usage
A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
Where this word comes from
From Polly + Anna.
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 Pollyanna.
Where this word comes from
From the name of the protagonist in the 1913 novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Porter.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.