Roly
Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Roly is an apricot coloured standard poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Roly
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roly is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Roly is an apricot coloured standard poodle, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remained in the show until 19 October 1993.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Roly
American parents first put Roly on the record books as a baby boy name in 2006, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 7 Rolys were born — ranking #9,584 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 7 Rolys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Roly
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About the name Roly
Roly is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 7 births in the dataset. Roly's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #9,584. Use the chart and map above to compare Roly's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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