How was my Nan's friend's name likely to be spelt...?

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My Nan had a good friend who she talked about a lot, and her name was pronounced 'Marry'. Is this likely to have been a shortened version of something, like, say, Marigold...? Or is it another way of pronouncing Marie (which I would pronounce MaREE)? Thanks, and sorry for the ignorance! :)

mairi

scottish

or mhari..

Mhari? (Scottish version) tends to be pronounced Mar-ree

The 'Marry' I knew spelt it 'Marie'.

Mairi is a fairly common Scottish name, pronounced like marry but with a slightly more gentle sound towards the end.

Mhairi is pronounced Var ee as in gaidhlig 'mh' is pronounced as a 'v'

Mairi is pronounced marry
Mhairi is pronounced varry

Both very pretty names.

I'd say it was mairi which is a Scottish name pronounced marry

I've always thought it was just a pronunciation of Marie too. I would say Marry Curie but generally think of any other Marie as a Mah-Ree. It is my experience that old ladies had a vast variety of ways to pronounce Marie, including Mar-ree or Marri, which is my favourite.

I know an irish Maire pr. marry.

The girl I know spells it Mhairi.

Mairi is Gaelic, which is very close to Irish and shares a lot of features with welsh as well, so it may well be from all three.

You get the spelling Mhairi because when you're talking directly to someone in Gaelic, an h is added - but as someone's already mentioned it changes it to a v sound.

Technically Mhairi isn't a name, it's just what happens to Mairi's name when you talk to her, but it has been used a lot in it's own right.

I know a little Japanese girl called Mari, pronounced Marry.

My mil is Marie..short for Marietta