Mhairi
See also: Mhàiri
English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Màiri (“Mary”), which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mhairi
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2010 Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon →ISBN page 13:
- Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental foresight.
- 2010 Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon →ISBN page 13: