Mary

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Opinions?

My Dd3's name. Classic. Always very popular at confirmations, love it.

Ah no, Mary is reserved for grannies, nice name but not for a small child

I know a 10 year old Mary. I see it as a very religious name I think. Pretty though.

I really like it, it is simple yet strong.

I'm Mary! I had a phase when I wasn't so keen on it - felt a bit like an old ladies name - but I love it now. It's classic, elegant and actually pretty unusual. I'm mid forties now and Ive never really come across anyone else called Mary my age or younger!

I really love it.
Beautiful name

Love it! DD1 has it as her middle name and I was tempted to use it for DD2's first name but didn't.

I’m not keen, but I do like Mary-Kate. Is a bit more modern and not as twee.

Lovely

Very old fashioned and Catholic

Lovely name

I love it. It’s on my list.

Im a mary! Only ever come across 2 others during school.
Only thing i would say is i got alot of teasing in primary school with mary had a little lamb... people asking how my garden grows. To be honest i still get the odd person saying it to me now and im in my 30s.
But saying that theres alot of names that people will find some sort of way of bullying/teasing.
I used to hate my name when i was younger because of the teasing but i love it now, think it made me more resilient to annoying people lol

Was going to use it for my DC born last Christmas but he came out a boy. Love it.

Love it

Lovely - so classic yet really underused now (like Jane) with some really amazing historical namesakes (my personal faves are feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter the author Mary Shelley but there's also Mary Seacole, Mary Somerville, Mary- Queen of Scots....). Another benefit of Mary is she has all those nn options if for any reason she doesn't like it when older (May, Mamie ("May-mee"), Mimi, Molly, Polly).

Not that keen. How about Maria?
Or Mary-something else, e.g. Mary-Ann, Marianne

It's a lovely name. Very classy.

My daughter is called Mary. Most people were very positive, although I did have a couple of people complaining that is was "too 50s," "too Catholic," or "too Irish." (!!! It's a historical English name as well. And what's wrong with being Irish?)

I like it because it's classy and unusual. She tends to go by "May" day to day though (someone started saying "Mary-May" just as a kind of funny/cute pet name, and somehow the "May" bit stuck!)

I really like it, although prefer Martha and Miriam, but sadly none of them go with my surname. Agree that these days it's original but also agree with the comment that I'd avoid if DD due around Christmas.

For me it has a very religious association.
But I knew a very lovely Mary.

I hate the sounds in it. May Ray - two bland sounds combined into something harsh, plain and dull. Really dislike it. I'm clearly in the minority though!

Where are you that you hear it as May Ray, @whatausername?

I love it.

Classic, feminine but strong.