Is Mary too old?

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Mary is our top choice at the minute, most likely with the middle Josephine, Elizabeth or Christina. We live in Ireland where near enough every older woman we know is some form of Mary, and we’ve only ever heard of one younger Mary who is 19. I don’t think Mary will make much of a comeback in the future, my concern would be Mary potentially becoming the next Agnes or Mildred. All opinions would be lovely

Did nt think it will ever be a Mildred. Mary is lovely and we have a lovely one in my 6yo’s year group. Go for it.

Your baby will make the name perfect!

I would choose Elizabeth as her middle name out of your options.

Love it!

I understand that the middle names come across old fashioned, all of them come from past relatives, two of them actually from women named Mary! The middle name would only really be used to differentiate by some of our family. I have 4 aunt Mary’s alone, not including DH’s family, otherwise she’s likely to just be little Mary to the rest of them 😂

Everyone here seems to love it so go for it. I’ve personally never liked it and think it seems very old and bland. But I’m obviously very much in the minority!

Agree with @Moveoverdarlin that it’s too dated to be a common name for boomers now. But it’s a timeless name and if you like it, go for it.

Mary Elizabeth is especially beautiful- so classic feeling rather than “old” , I can imagine one of any age. Although I can see the charm of Mary Josephine, especially as “MJ” is quite cute.

I suspect Mary will become much more popular amongst the younger generation sooner rather than later anyway, as it has all the same qualities as many popular/trendy names at the moment - 2 syllables and ends in an “ee” sound, slight retro feel (hundred year rule), and a cool trendy nickname in May. Tbh I’m surprised I don’t know many young ones yet - I’d get in ahead of the crowd OP!

Im not a fan, it’s so dated. I also wouldn’t give a child a name whereby they are going to end up being called “little whatever“

im from Glasgow and whenever I hear the name Mary, I think of the name Mary Doll as it’s a character from a Scottish programme.

It’s a lovely name and actually quite rare these days. Pretty, classic, and not very common - perfect!

It’s pretty rare in a sea of Eves/Lilys/Sophies and Amelias.

It’s Scottish Gaelic, not Irish.
Máire is Irish for Mary.

Mary is gorgeous.
Known, not common but with great history.

How about maryjane

It’s DD2’s middle name but I sometimes wish I had chosen it as her first one. I always get excited when I meet a Mary.

You just named my mums (84) times WI friendship group 🤣

Very sweet name, I say you use it. It is timeless and elegant x

Oh is it, thank you for telling me, ive always thought it was Irish, 😆 🤣

Mary Josephine is so lovely! There’s a huge range of different names being used today so I wouldn’t worry about that. I can picture a little toddler Mary and I think it’s adorable.

You’re obviously not living in Ireland as the OP is.
Those names you mention would not be as widely used in Ireland as in the UK in the time frame you use.
Back in the day, as Ireland was largely a Catholic country with huge influence from the Church it was the norm to give your child a Catholic saint’s name. Mary, as the mother of Jesus was especially venerated, hence so many Marys.
With the waning of the Church’s influence the popularity of Mary and the saint’s names waned too.

Lovely name, you can't go wrong.

Love Mary as it is the name of a once family member. She was the sweetest person you could imagine.

Mary is beautiful.

Mary is a classic name. It's not as popular as it once was but it's always there.

Mary is a beautiful classic name. Go for it !

Here is a bit more info
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhairi