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Pronunciation | /ΛmΙΙΛri/ |
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Gender | Female |
Name day | September 12 |
Origin | |
Word/name | Aramaic and Hebrew via Latin and Greek |
Meaning | "bitter", "beloved", "rebelliousness", "wished-for child", "marine", "drop of the sea" |
Other names | |
Related names | Maria, Maryam and other variants, such as Maya |
Mary /ΛmΙΙΛri/ is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name ΞΞ±ΟΞ―Ξ±, MarΓa/ΞΞ±Οιάμ, Mariam, found in the Septuagint and New Testament. The latter reflects the original Hebrew pronunciation of the name ΧΧ¨ΧΧ (Masoretic pronunciation Miryam), as attested by the Septuagint. The vowel "a" in a closed unaccented syllable later became "i", as seen in other names such as "Bil'am" (Balaam) and "Shimshon" (Samson).
Etymologyβ»
The name may have originated from the Egyptian language; it is likely derivative of the root mr, meaning "love; beloved" (compare mry.t-ymn, "Merit-Amun", i.e. "beloved of Amun").
The name was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root mr, meaning "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or mry, meaning "rebellious". St. Jerome (writing c. 390), following Eusebius of Caesarea, translates the name as "drop of the sea" (stilla maris in Latin), from the Hebrew ΧΧ¨, mar, 'drop' (cf. Isaiah 40:15) and ΧΧ, yam, 'sea'.
This translation was subsequently rendered stella maris ("star of the sea") dueββto scribal error, whence Our Lady's title Star of the Sea.
Rashi, an 11th-century Jewish commentator on the Bible, wrote that the name was givenββto the sister of Moses. Because of the Egyptians' harsh treatment of Jews in Egypt. Rashi wrote that the Israelites lived in Egypt for 210 years, "including 86 years of cruel enslavement that began at the time Moses' elder sister was born." Therefore, "the girl was called Miriam," because the Egyptians made life bitter (ΧΦ·Χ¨, mar) for her people.
Usageβ»
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Modern given names derived from Aramaic Maryam are frequent in Christian culture, as well as, due to the Quranic tradition of Mary, extremely frequently given in Islamic cultures.
Possible use of Maria as a Christian given name is recorded for the third century.
The English form Mary arises by adoption of French Marie into Middle English.
Wycliffe's Bible still has Marie, with the modern spelling current from the 16th century, found in the Tyndale Bible (1525), Coverdale Bible (1535) and later translations.
The name Maria was also given in Great Britain, with the traditional pronunciation of /mΙΛraΙͺΙ/ (occasionally reflected in the spelling variant Mariah).
Mary is still among the top 100 names for baby girls born in Ireland, common amongst Christians there and also popularised amongst Protestants specifically, with regard to Queen Mary II, co-monarch and wife of William III. Mary was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007, ranking behind other versions of the name.
In the United States, Mary was consistently the most popular name for girls from 1880 until 1961. It first fell below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. By contrast, the latinate (especially Spanish) form Maria rose into the top 100 in 1944, peaking at rank 31 in the 1970s. But also falling below rank 100 once again in 2012.
The name Mary remains more popular in the Southern United States than elsewhere in the country. Mary was the 15th most popular name for girls born in Alabama in 2007, the 22nd most popular name for girls born in Mississippi in 2007, the 44th most popular name for girls in North Carolina, the 33rd most popular name for girls in South Carolina, and the 26th most popular name for girls in Tennessee.
Mary was still the most common name for women and girls in the United States in the 1990 census.
Based on data from the Social Security Administration, Mary is the seventh most common given name in the United States, with 2.16 million individuals bearing this name as of 2023.
Mariah had a short-lived burst of popularity after 1990, when singer Mariah Carey first topped the charts, peaking at rank 62 in 1998.
Molly, a pet form, was ranked as the 29th most popular name there and spelling variant Mollie at No. 107; Maria was ranked at No. 93; Maryam was ranked at No. 116 as of 2007.
Peopleβ»
Biblical figuresβ»
- New Testament people named Mary:
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus
- Mary of Bethany, a follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be Mary Magdalene
- Mary of Clopas, a follower of Jesus
- Mary, mother of James the younger (or lesser)
- Mary, mother of John Mark
- Mary of Rome
- Salome (disciple), a follower of Jesus, in medieval tradition Mary Salome
Royaltyβ»
- Lady Mary Lygon (1910β1982), British aristocrat and Russian princess by marriage
- Mary of Woodstock (1278β1332), daughter of King Edward I of England
- Mary I, Countess of Menteith (13th century)
- Mary de Bohun (c. 1369/1370β1394), first wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Northampton and Hereford; mother of Henry V of England
- Mary de Vere (c. 1554β1624), English noblewoman; daughter of John de Vere and Margery Golding, she married Peregrine Bertie
- Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (1858β1940), British aristocrat, Vicereine of India. And courtier to Queen Mary
- Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (1883β1961), British aristocrat; elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal aunt and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II
- Mary Eristavi (1888β1986), Russian aristocrat, fashion icon, and model
- Mary Fleming (1542βfl. 1584), Scottish noblewoman; childhood companion and cousin of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary Foley-Berkeley, 17th Baroness Berkeley (1905β1992), British politician and peeress
- Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371β1395), Queen of Hungary and Croatia, daughter of Louis I the Great of Hungary
- Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496β1533), daughter of Henry VII of England
- Mary of Guise (1515β1560), Queen consort of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary I of England (1516β1558)
- Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels, birth name of Lilian, Princess of RΓ©thy (1916β2002), second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium
- Mary Knowlton von Francken-Sierstorpff (1870β1929), American socialite who married a German Count
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542β1587), mother of James I of England
- Princess Mary of England (1605β1607), daughter of James VI and I
- Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631β1660), daughter of Charles I of England
- Mary of Modena (1658β1718), Queen consort of King James II of England and VII of Scotland
- Mary II of England (1662β1694), daughter of James VII and II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, wife of King William III and joint ruler with him
- Mary II, Countess of Menteith (fl. 1330 β c. 1360)
- Mary II of Portugal (1819β1853)
- Mary Κ»ΔͺΚ»Δ« (c. 1833β1853)
- Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723β1772), daughter of George II of Great Britain
- Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776β1857), daughter of George III of the United Kingdom
- Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833β1897), granddaughter of George III of the United Kingdom
- Mary of Lusignan, Queen of Naples (1381β1404), Queen consort of Naples, married to King Ladislaus of Naples
- Mary of Teck (1867β1953), Queen consort of King George V of the United Kingdom
- Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897β1965), daughter of George V of the United Kingdom
- Mary Donaldson (born 1972), Queen consort of Frederik X of Denmark
- Mary, Viscount of BΓ©arn (?βafter 1187), French ruler
Non-royal aristocratsβ»
- Lady Mary Coke (1727β1811), English noblewoman
- Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1749β1800), English daughter and heiress of Sir George Bowes
- Mary, Countess of Blois (1200β1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois
- Mary de Monthermer (1297βc.β1371), English noblewoman
- Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (1848β1929), English aristocrat
- Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (1915β2014), British aristocrat
- Mary Jane Brabazon, Countess of Meath (1847β1918), British philanthropist; daughter of Amelia, Countess of Lauderdale, and Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale
- Mary of Guelders (c. 1434β1463), daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders
- Mary of Burgundy (1457β1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
- Mary of Lusignan, Countess of Brienne (1210sβ1250s), wife of Count Walter IV of Brienne
- Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds (1723β1764), British daughter of Henrietta Godolphin, nΓ©e Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, and Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
- Mary von Bothmer (1842β1901), English-German writer and aristocrat
- Mary von Rosen (1886β1967), Swedish Lutheran religious worker; wife of Count Eric von Rosen
- Mary von Waldersee (1837β1914), American-born German philanthropist; wife of Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Count Alfred von Waldersee
- Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave (1850β1933), British peeress
- Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (1552β1607), wife of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton; mother of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
Othersβ»
- Mary (slave) (died 1838), an American teenage slave executed for murder
- Mary Abbott (artist) (1921β2019), American artist
- Mary Abbott (golfer) (1857β1904), American golfer
- Mary Bethune Abbott (1823β1898), wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada
- Mary Bolton (addiction counsellor) (1920-1996), Irish counsellor and (non-clinical) psychotherapist
- Mary Ogden Abbott (1894β1981), American artist, traveler and equestrian
- Mary Adams (activist) (born 1938), tax activist who led the repeal of Maine's statewide property tax and efforts to enact a Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- Mary Adams (actress) (1910β1973), American actress
- Mary Adams (broadcaster) (1898β1984), administrator who helped to develop the BBC's television service in the 1950s
- Mary Adams (codebreaker) (codebreaker, 1922β2010), Scottish interceptor for Bletchley Park during World War II
- Mary Adams (educator) (1823β1898), Canadian women's education reformer
- Mary Jane Adams (1840β1902), Irish poet
- Mary Kay Adams (born 1962), American television actress
- Mary Kawennatakie Adams (1917β1999), First Nations basketmaker
- Mary Newbury Adams (1837β1901), American women's suffragist and education advocate
- Mary Andross (1893β1968), Scottish chemist
- Mary Ajami (1888β1965), Syrian writer
- Mary Baker (painter) (1842β1856), English painter
- Mary Ann Baker (1831β1921), American composer and singer
- Mary E. Baker (1923β1995), African-American community activist
- Mary Landon Baker (1901β1961), American socialite and heiress famous for her romantic life
- Mary Lou Baker (1914β1965), member of the Florida House of Representatives and women's rights activist
- Bonnie Baker (baseball) (Mary Geraldine Baker, 1918β2003), American baseball player
- Mary Beard (classicist) (born 1955), English scholar of Ancient Rome
- Mary Ritter Beard (1876β1958), American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist
- Mary Lincoln Beckwith (1898β1975), prominent descendant of Abraham Lincoln
- Mary Kay Bergman (1961β1999), American voice actress
- Mary Black (disambiguation)
- Mary E. Black (1895β1988), American-Canadian occupational therapist, teacher, master weaver and writer
- Mary J. L. Black (1879-1939), Canadian librarian and suffragist
- Mary Borgstrom (1916β2019), Canadian potter, ceramist, and artist
- Mary Brian (1906β2002), American actress and movie star
- Mary Bright (1954β2002), Scottish curtain designer
- Mary Lee Cagle (1864β1955), married name Mary Harris, pastor
- Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609 β c. 1680), author and poet
- Mary Clancy (born 1948), Canadian politician
- Mary L. Coloe (born 1949), biblical scholar
- Mary Ann Cooke (1784β1868), British missionary
- Mary Costa (born 1930), American opera singer and actress
- Mary Lincoln Crume (1775βc. 1832), aunt of American President Abraham Lincoln
- Moll Davis (c. 1648β1708), actress and mistress of Charles II of Great Britain
- Mary Davis (actress), American silent film actress
- Mary Davis (artist) (1866β1941), English artist
- Mary E. P. Davis (1840β1924), American nursing instructor
- Mary Davis (activist) (born 1954), Special Olympics organiser and candidate in the Irish presidential election, 2011
- Mary Bond Davis (born 1958), American singer, actor and dancer
- Mary Gould Davis (1882β1956), American author, librarian, storyteller and editor
- Mary Lund Davis (1922β2008), modernist architect
- Mary Davis, singer of the S.O.S. Band
- Mary Deros, Canadian politician
- Mary Dinah, Nigerian activist
- Mary Dixon-Woods, social scientist
- Mary East (c. 1716β1780), English tavern owner
- Mary Baker Eddy (1821β1910), born Mary Baker, founder of Christian Science
- Mary Fowler (soccer) (born 2003), Australian footballer
- Mary Fuller (1888β1973), American Silent Film Actress
- Mary Fuller (sculptor) (1922β2022), American sculptor and art historian
- Mimi Gardner Gates (born 1943), American art historian who is the recent director of the Seattle Art Museum, stepmother of Bill Gates
- Mary Maxwell Gates (1929β1994), American businesswoman, executive, civic activist, and school teacher, mother of Bill Gates
- Mary Gennoy (1951β2004), American activist
- Mary Grant (politician) (1928β2016), Ghanaian politician
- Mary Grant (sculptor) (1831β1908), British sculptor
- Mary E. Grant (born 1953), American psychiatric nurse and politician
- Mary Pollock Grant (1876β1957), Scottish suffragette, politician, missionary and policewoman
- Liz Grant (Mary Elizabeth Grant, born 1930), former Australian pharmacist and politician
- Mary Styles Harris (born 1949), geneticist
- Mel Harris (Mary Ellen Harris, born 1956), actress
- Mary Harris (musician), member of the music group Ambrosia
- Mary Packer Harris (1891β1978), Scottish artist and art teacher
- Mary Harris (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Mary Winifred Harris, Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Mary Harris (murderer), American murderer
- Mary Harron (b. 1953), Canadian film director and screenwriter
- Mary Harron (actress), silent film era actress, sister of Harrons John and Robert also silent era actors
- Mary Henderson (journalist) (1919β2004), Greek-born British journalist and host
- Mary H. J. Henderson (1874β1938), administrator with World War I Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service
- Mary Dorothea Heron (c. 1897β1960), first woman to be admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland
- Mary MacLean Hindmarsh, Australian botanist
- Mary Hinton (actress) (1896β1979), British actress
- Mary Dana Hinton, American university administrator
- Mary Hilliard Hinton (1869β1961), American historian, painter, and anti-suffragist
- Mary Hobson (1926β2020), British writer, poet and translator
- Mary Hobson (curler), American curler
- Mary Hodder (born 1945), Canadian politician
- Sister Mary Melanie Holliday (1850β1939), American Catholic nun
- Mary Hottinger (1893β1978), Scottish translator and author
- Mary Ann Hutton (1862β1953), Irish language scholar and writer
- Mary Ingalls (1865β1928), older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Mary E. Ireland (1834β1927), American author, translator, poet
- Mamie Lincoln Isham (1869β1938), granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln
- Mary Jackson (Richmond Bread Riot) (c. 1829 β c. 1870), leader of Richmond Bread Riot of 1863
- Mary Anna Jackson (1831β1915), wife of Confederate Army general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
- Mary E. Jackson (1867β1923), African-American suffrage activist, YWCA leader and writer
- Mary Percy Jackson (1904β2000), Canadian medical doctor
- Mary Jackson (actress) (1910β2005), film and television actress
- Mary Jackson (engineer) (1921β2005), NASA engineer
- Mary Ann Jackson (1923β2003), child actress
- Mary Jackson (artist) (born 1945), African-American fiber artist
- Mary M. Jackson (fl. 1980sβ2010s), American Navy vice admiral
- Mary Jemison (1743β1833), British frontierswoman
- Mary Jerrold (1877β1955), English actress
- Mary Johnson (first lady) (c. 1830β1887), first lady of California
- Mary Johnson (actress) (1896β1975), Swedish silent film performer
- Mary Johnson (singer) (1898β1983), African American lowdown blues singer
- Mary Johnson (cricketer) (1924β2017), English cricketer
- Mary Lea Johnson (1926β1990), American theatrical producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Mary Johnson (born 1948), American advocate for disability rights; founded Ragged Edge magazine
- Mary Johnson (writer) (born 1958), American writer and Director of A Room of Her Own Foundation
- Mary Johnson (politician), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- Mary C. Johnson, one of the first three females to practice law in Georgia
- Mary Jane Richardson Jones, American suffragist and activist from Chicago
- Mary Lakeland (died 1645), English woman executed for witchcraft
- Mary Lee (1921β2022), Scottish singer
- Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1844β1921), American science teacher
- Mary Harlan Lincoln (1846β1937), daughter of James Harlan, wife of Robert Todd Lincoln, daughter-in-law of Abraham Lincoln
- Mary Todd Lincoln (1818β1882), former First Lady of the United States, wife of Abraham Lincoln
- Mary Johnson Lowe (1924β1999), American jurist
- Mary McGee (disambiguation)
- Mary Madison (born 1950), American politician
- Mary Martin (1913β1990), American actress and singer
- Mary Baker McQuesten (1849β1934), Canadian activist
- Maybelle Stephens Mitchell (Mary Isabel Stephens Mitchell; 1872β1919), American suffragist
- Mary Money (died 1905), English female murder victim
- Mary Morton (1879β1965), British sculptor
- Mary K. Okheena (born 1957), Inuvialuit graphic artist
- Mary-Kate Olsen (born 1986), American fashion designer and former child actress
- Mary Paischeff (1899β1975), Finnish ballerina
- Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
- Mary Felicia Perera (born 1944), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
- Mary Phagan (1899β1913), American murder victim
- Mary Pudlat (1923β2001), Canadian Inuk artist
- Mary Putnam (born 1988), inventor of the post-it note
- Mary Quigley (1960β1977), American murder victim
- Mary Quin, American businesswoman
- Mary Rambaran-Olm, specialist in the literature and history of early medieval England
- Mary Ramsey (born 1963), American singer-songwriter
- Mary Ramsey (died 1601), English philanthropist
- Mary Rice (wheelchair racer), Irish paralympic athlete
- Mary Roberts (author) (1788β1864), author, born London
- Mary Fanton Roberts (1864β1956), American journalist
- Mary Helen Roberts (born 1947), American politician in the state of Washington
- Mary Wendy Roberts (born 1944), American politician in the state of Oregon
- Mary Louise Roberts (physiotherapist) (1886β1968), New Zealand masseuse, physiotherapist and mountaineer
- Mary Grant Roberts (1841β1921), Australian zoo owner
- Cokie Roberts (1943β2019), real name Mary Roberts, American journalist and author
- Mary Roos (born 1949), German singer
- Mary Scharlieb (1845β1930), British pioneer female physician and gynaecologist
- Mary Scheer (born 1963), American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer
- Mary Anne Schwalbe (1934β2009), university administrator and refugee worker
- Mary Jane Seacole (1805β1881), British-Jamaican nurse, healer and businesswoman
- Mary Shelley (1797β1851), English novelist who wrote the Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
- Mary Siezgle, American soldier
- Mary Silvani (1948β1982), American murder victim
- Mary Craig Sinclair (1882β1961), American writer and the wife of Upton Sinclair
- Mary Florence Wells Slater (1864β1941), American entomologist and schoolteacher
- Mary Lou Spiess (1931β1992), American designer of disabled fashion
- Mary Augusta Tappage (1888-1978), Shuswap-MΓ©tis elder, midwife, and storyteller
- Margaret Truman (Mary Margaret Truman, 1924β2008), only daughter of Harry S. Truman
- Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912β2000), mother of Donald Trump
- Mary L. Trump (born 1965), psychologist and author; niece of Donald Trump
- Mary Frances Tucker (1837β1902), American poet
- Mary Tuplin (1870β1887), Canadian female murder victim
- Mary van Kleeck (1883β1972), American social scientist and socialist
- Mary Burke Washington (1926β2014), American economist
- Mary Ball Washington (1708β1789), mother of U.S. President George Washington
- Mary Helen Washington, American literary scholar
- Mary L. Washington (born 1962), Maryland legislator
- Mary T. Washington (1906β2005), first African-American woman to be a certified public accountant in the United States
- Mary Woffington (1729β1811), Irish actress and socialite
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759β1797), English writer and founding feminist philosopher
- Mary Ziegler (born 1982), American legal historian
Fictional charactersβ»
- Mary Albright, in the US TV sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, played by Jane Curtin
- Mary Anastasia O'Connor, the character Maisie Ravier's alter ego in the Maisie series of films
- Mary DeAngelis, in the US crime drama TV series The Sopranos, played by Suzanne Shepherd
- Mary Flaherty, in the 2003 US sex comedy film American Wedding, played by Deborah Rush
- Mary Flaherty (EastEnders), in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Melanie Clark Pullen
- Mary Flynn, several characters
- Mary Harkinson, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Mary Woodvine
- Mary Hartman, in the US satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, played by Louise Lasser
- Mary Jamison, in the US supernatural drama TV series The Leftovers, played by Janel Moloney
- Mary Katherine Blackwood, in Shirley Jackson's 1962 novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- Mary Katherine Gallagher, in the US TV show Saturday Night Live, played by Molly Shannon
- Mary Lamb, in the 2023 US Christmas comedy-drama film The Holdovers, played by Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Mary Lightly, in the US comedy-drama TV series Psych, played by Jimmi Simpson
- Mary Loomis, in the 1983 US psychological slasher film Psycho II, played by Meg Tilly
- Mary Lou Collins, in the US TV sitcom The Larry Sanders Show, played by Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Mary Marvel (a.k.a. Lady Shazam or Mary Shazam), superheroine in DC Comics
- Mary O'Connor, in the 1920 US drama film The Prince of Avenue A, played by Cora Drew
- Mary O'Connor, in the UK soap opera London Bridge, played by Simone Lahbib
- Mary Plain, anthropomorphic bear in Welsh author Gwynedd Rae's children's novels
- Mary Poppins, magical English nanny, played by Julie Andrews, Mary Wickes, Natalya Andreychenko, and Emily Blunt
- Mary Reid, in the UK TV soap opera Brookside, played by Carolyn Jordan
- Mary Shannon, in the US drama TV series In Plain Sight, played by Mary McCormack
- Mary Shaw, in the Canadian animated web series Mary and Flo On the Go!, voiced by Rebecca Liddiard
- Mary Smith, in the 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film Mary and the Witch's Flower, voiced by Hana Sugisaki (Japanese) and Ruby Barnhill (English)
- Mary Smythe, in the US TV soap opera All My Children, played by Anna Stuart
- Mary Walker, in the US TV series Iron Fist, played by Alice Eve
- Mary Whitehead, in the 1969 US comedy film Angel in My Pocket, played by Lee Meriwether
- Mary Williams (The Young and the Restless), in the US TV soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Carolyn Conwell
- Mary Williams, in the 1977 French western film Another Man, Another Chance, played by Jennifer Warren
- Mary Winchester, in the US TV drama series Supernatural, played by Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick, and Meg Donnelly
See alsoβ»
- All pages with titles beginning with Mary
- Mary Jo
- Marian (given name)
- Maya (given name)
- MΓ‘ire
- Marion
- Muire
- Molly
- Polly
- Saint Mary (disambiguation)
Referencesβ»
Citationsβ»
- ^ A. Maas, "The Name of Mary", The Catholic Encyclopedia (1912), citing Fr. von Hummelauer (in Exod. et Levit., Paris, 1897, p. 161)
- ^ Isaiah 40:15
- ^ Rashi. "Commentary on Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs)". p. 2:13. "From the time that Miriam was born, the Egyptians intensified the bondage upon Israel; therefore, she was called Miriam, because they made it bitter (ΧΦ·Χ¨) for them."
- ^ Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle and Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198610602.
- ^ See Iain Gardner, Alanna Nobbs and Malcolm Choat, "P. Harr. 107: Is This Another Greek Manichaean Letter?" Zeitschrift fΓΌr Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 131 (2000), pp. 120f. JSTOR 20190663.
- ^ Wallace (2004)
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Mary". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Mary". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Wolfram Alpha: Mary". January 1, 2020. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
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- ^ Baby Planners
General sourcesβ»
- Rosenkrantz, Linda and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2005). Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana, Fourth Edition. St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN 0-312-94095-5.
- Todd, Loreto (1998). Celtic Names for Children. Irish American Book Company. ISBN 0-9627855-6-3.
- Wallace, Carol (2004). The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-200470-7.
- Wood, Jamie Martinez (2001). ΒΏCΓ³mo te llamas, Baby? Berkley. ISBN 0-425-17959-1.