Mary
English
Etymology
From Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Proper noun
Mary (plural Marys)
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan: Canto the Fifth: IV:
- I have a passion for the name of Mary, / For once it was a magic sound to me: / And still it half calls up the realm of fairy / Where I beheld what never was to be.
- 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names:
- Mary, which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and the young;
- 1905 George M.Cohan, Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway, Mary is a Grand Old Name ( a song)
- For it was Mary; Mary / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say "Marie". / But it was Mary; Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.
- 1996, Maeve Binchy, This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury, Hachette UK (2008) →ISBN
- They had called their children Ann, Mary, and John as a reaction against their own fancy tricksy names. Both mothers thought these names sadly unimaginative and each blamed the child of the other for the lack of vision and style.
- 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan: Canto the Fifth: IV:
- The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
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- The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version:
- (Ireland, dated) A middle name for a male, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.
Usage notes
- The given name was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century. It was very popular from the 17th to the 20th century.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
variants and pet forms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: Mary, Marie
- → Chinese: 瑪麗/玛丽 (Mǎlì), 瑪莉/玛莉 (Mǎlì), 瑪利/玛利 (Mǎlì)
- → Danish: Mary
- → Faroese: Marý
- → Hawaiian: Mele, Mere
- → Japanese: マリー (Marī)
- → Manx: Mayree
- → Maori: Mere, Meri
- → Norwegian: Mary
- → Scottish Gaelic: Màiri
- → Swedish: Mary
- → Tahitian: Mere
- → Thai: แมรี (mɛɛ-rii)
Translations
female given name
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biblical mother of Jesus
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19th sura of the Qur'an
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Mary, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām), of uncertain origin.
Proper noun
Mary
- a female given name from Hebrew
Danish
Etymology
From English Mary. A variant of the traditional Danish Marie.
Proper noun
Mary
- a female given name.
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 092 females with the given name Mary have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 10 August 2011.
Norwegian
Etymology
From English Mary. A variant of the traditional Norwegian Maria or Marie.
Proper noun
Mary
- a female given name.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4 879 females with the given name Mary living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1920 . Accessed on 10 August 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From English Mary as a variant of the traditional Swedish Maria. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1808.
Proper noun
Mary c (genitive Marys)
- a female given name.
- 2004 Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 17:
- Hon visste att hon hade vuxit upp i ett vitt hus, att hennes mor hade döpt henne till Mary och att hennes far hade kallat henne Marie och att hon långt upp i tonåren hade lekt att hon levde två liv, att hon hade ett andra jag som vaknade när hon somnade och somnade nät hon vaknade.
- 2004 Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 17:
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 10 519 females with the given name Mary living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 10 August 2011.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Proper noun
Mary
- a female given name from English
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