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Is Mary too old?

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appleraspberry · 15/06/2025 21:08

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

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driedmangoplsx · 08/07/2025 20:07

I love Mary. It's totally timeless, short and pretty

GiraffesAtThePark · 10/07/2025 19:54

I like Mary. She’ll have lots of classic stories and songs etc with her name in them.

GettingTheHellOut · 14/07/2025 15:06

Moveoverdarlin · 15/06/2025 21:20

I think it became the next Mildred or Anges 30 years ago. Everyone so far seems to love it, so go for it, but I think of really old ladies. Not women in their 80s now - they are Janet, Pam, Maureen, Lyn, Brenda, Sally. But women over a hundred years old.

SALLY? I'm Sally. I'm 37. Cheeky!

GoneGirl12345 · 14/07/2025 15:07

Mary is a beautiful name. Full of meaning.

deeahgwitch · 16/07/2025 11:16

I love Sally@GettingTheHellOut
I called my second favourite doll Sally.
My favourite doll was prenamed already. Her name was on the box she came in. 😀

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