Moll en · PROPN
Etymology
From Molly, a diminutive lambdacism of Mary. Compare Sally from Sarah and Hal from Harry.
Meanings
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(archaic) A pet name for Mary.
Theſe vvere they that gave me that Name of Moll Flanders: For it vvas no more of Affinity vvith my real Name, or vvith any of the Names I had ever gone by than black, is of Kin to vvhite, […]
1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 262:
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(alt-of, alternative, qualifier:possibly older usage) Alternative form of Mol, Belgium
alt of Belgiumalt of Mol