Pollyanna (disambiguation)

Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter. As a feminine given name, Pollyanna is derived from the name Polly, which is also derived from the name Mary which could mean "sea", and combined with the name Anna which means "grace" in Hebrew. The variants of this name includes Anna Maria, Anne-Marie, Mariana, and Marianne.

Pollyanna may also refer to:

People

 * Pollyanna Chu, billionaire businesswoman from Hong Kong
 * Pollyana Papel (born 1987), a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress
 * Pollyanna Pickering (1942-2018), British wildlife artist and environmentalist
 * Pollyanna Woodward (born 1982), English TV presenter
 * Britt Pols, vocalist who performs under the name PollyAnna on songs by Timmy Trumpet and Steve Aoki

Fictional characters

 * Pollyanna Whittier, the titular character from the 1913 Eleanor Porter novel Pollyanna

Film

 * Pollyanna (1920 film), an adaptation of the novel, starring Mary Pickford
 * Pollyanna (1960 film), an adaptation of the novel, starring Hayley Mills

Music

 * Pollyanna (album), the second studio album by Emo band Northstar
 * Pollyanna (band), an Australian band

Songs

 * "Pollyanna", a recurring song in Mother, a Nintendo role-playing video game series
 * "Pollyanna", a song by Billy Joe Royal off his 1965 album, Down in the Boondocks
 * "Pollyanna", a 2021 single by American punk rock band Green Day
 * "Pollyanna Flower", a 1998 song recorded by Canadian alt rock singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette

Other uses

 * Pollyanna Creep, a term implying overly optimistic presentation of economic measurements by government
 * Pollyanna principle, the tendency to remember pleasant events and forget unpleasant ones
 * USS Pollyanna, a U.S. Navy ship name
 * USS Pollyanna (SP-1048), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
 * Secret Santa, a Western holiday tradition referred to in Pennsylvania as Pollyanna