Mara

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whatausername · 28/04/2020 00:02

Is Mara short for anything? Amara, Xiomara and Guiomar (last one is according to Google) are all that I can come up with. I'm not planning to use it, just curious!

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RoLaren · 28/04/2020 00:10

Amaryllis?

Isbutteracarb · 28/04/2020 00:15

I knew a Mara (she was German) and it wasn't short for anything. Lovely name!

lemontreebird · 28/04/2020 00:18

Makes me think of the troll women in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.

Bowerbird5 · 28/04/2020 00:26

I worked for someone called Mara once. I don’t think it was shorted.

ISawATiger · 28/04/2020 00:28

It is a name in its own right, but unfortunately it's the same name as those funny large rodent creatures you see at the zoo. Amara is lovely though

maras2 · 28/04/2020 00:30

DD has a friend who's DD is called Mara Jade (MJ for short),now 15.
Summat to do with Star Wars I think.

Ricekrispie22 · 28/04/2020 07:34

Tamara

Altuve · 28/04/2020 08:18

It’s a name in its own right. It’s Hebrew in origin and means “bitterness”.

I guess it could also be a shortened version of some names like Amara, Tamara etc.

We know a little Mara and I love her dearly, but it’s one of the few names that I really couldn’t use due to the meaning.

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