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Mary/Names like Mary

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youmeupstrairsnow · 04/08/2011 19:24

Both DH and mine nans where/are Marys, we want somehow to include it in DC name (if girl obviously)

But as a first name it's just to - bluh.
We could use it as a middle name just as Mary

But have MN got any other names that are like/related to/variations of Mary to use as a first name.

Oh and not Marie (a hideous aunt - shudders at thought)

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EdwardorEricCantDecide · 11/08/2011 07:40

Mhairi (varee) is gealic for Mary :-)

bananapirate · 11/08/2011 07:23

May
My gran was Mary, but always known as May

FessaEst · 11/08/2011 06:50

Mariah?

FWIW I like Mary on its own.

clippityclop · 09/08/2011 20:06

I love Mary too, something refreshingly unusual but unpretentious about it, and because you can't really shorten it. Dd1's middle name is Mary re her great-grandma.

Bandwithering · 09/08/2011 19:59

I like Mairead but that is Margaret not Mary.

Bandwithering · 09/08/2011 19:58

I love Marianne, Maribel and Mariella

Mary just Mary has a certain impact though. It's so simple and unpretentious that it does stand out amongst a sea of Julias and Amelias and Isabellas and so on.

ludog · 09/08/2011 18:38

Moya

Wafflenose · 08/08/2011 21:03

Meredith (I know one who calls herself Merry)

TangerineQueen · 06/08/2011 01:53

Maire (my-reh)

NattersAndMutters · 05/08/2011 19:15

Mariana. Literature and art :)

KikiRC · 05/08/2011 18:21

Marylou? (All as one name.)

carabos · 05/08/2011 18:04

Mary Jo
Mary Kate
Mary Beth
Mary Pat
Mary Rose
Mary Frances
Mary Ellen

JemimaMuddledUp · 05/08/2011 14:19

What about Molly or Polly? Both are nn for Mary.

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youmeupstrairsnow · 05/08/2011 14:14

printed of the list and gave it to DH think he was overwhelmed by choice - but thank you, I'm sure out of them we will find something.

thecatisdead ummm thanks??

Don't like hyphenated names WaitingforBabyD and pranma- so that is out, thanks

People seem to like Mary as a first name, maybe we were too quick to get rid of it (would have to think hard about middle name to break up mary and my surname)

Thank you :)

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Hedwig3 · 05/08/2011 13:49

Love it as a first name.

pranma · 05/08/2011 13:18

Mary is such a beautiful name.I'd use it on its own but it's nice hyphenated too.
Mary-Ann
Mary-Jane
Mary-Lou
etc

festi · 05/08/2011 11:34

mhari, I nearly had for dd as wanted mary but with a modern sound. I didnt use any but if I have another girl it will definatly be mary.

thecatisdead1 · 05/08/2011 11:26

Mara is a demon like thing in Buddhism.

MorallyBankrupt · 05/08/2011 10:56

I love Mary.

Marianne is lovely too.

Valinor · 05/08/2011 09:00

Mariamne?

ragged · 05/08/2011 08:48

I love Mary as a first name. It's wonderful.
You could run the risk of doing the ch-word thing and spell it "Merry".
I have a 50yo friend with that spelling.
Has no one suggested Rosemary? Get the best nns that way.

WaitingForBabyD · 05/08/2011 08:38

What about something double barrelled like Mary-Jane?

mskatemc · 05/08/2011 00:17

Marion.

Greenwing · 04/08/2011 20:39

Mary is a lovely name. My favourite alternatives have been mentioned already - Marianne or Marianna and Miriam. I hope you find one in these posts that you like?

Iamkenny · 04/08/2011 20:36

Mari
Miri/Miriam
Maryam
Mara
Maureen
Mairi
Máire
Moira
Máirín
Maya/Maia
Mariam
Mia
Mair
Mairwen
Mallaidh
Molly
May
Minnie

some of them people may say it and it may sound like Marie, which you sound very anti