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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Quotations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Proper noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Proper noun

[ English

[ Etymology

Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), possibly from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), bitter, from a root מר (MR) meaning "to be bitter". The name corresponds to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām), Old Testament Miriam. The meaning is much debated.

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛəri

[ Proper noun

Singular Mary

Plural Marys

Mary (plural Marys)

1. A female given name. It was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century; very popular from the 17th to the 20th century.
2. The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
3. (Biblical) Several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.

[ Derived terms

• Marian
• bloody Mary
• Mary Ann
• Mary Jane

[ Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Matthew 1:18:

  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

  ibid., Luke 10:41:

  Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shalll not be taken away from her.

• 1821 Lord Byron: Don Juan: Canto the Fifth: IV:

  I have a passion for the name of Mary,

  For once it was a magic sound to me:

  And still it half calls up the realm of fairy

  Where I beheld what never was to be.

• 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Cottage Names:

  Mary, which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and thee young;

[ Related terms

variants and pet forms

Mae Mamie Maria Mariah Marian Marian Mariana Marianne Marie Marilyn Marion Marisa Marissa

Marlene Maryann Maureen May Maya Mayme Mia Moira Mollie Molly Mya Polly

[ Translations

female given name

Amharic: Arabic: مريم (Maryam) Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܪܝܡ (Maryam) Hebrew: מרים (Maryam) Basque: Miren Breton: Mari Bulgarian: Мария (Marija) Catalan: Maria Cornish: Marya Czech: Marie cs(cs) f. Danish: Maria da(da), Marie da(da) Dutch: Maria nl(nl) Estonian: Maarja Faroese: Maria fo(fo) Finnish: Maria fi(fi), Marja fi(fi) French: Marie fr(fr) Galician: María German: Maria de(de) Greek: Μαρία el(el) (María) Hebrew: מרים he(he) (Miryām) Hungarian: Mária hu(hu) Icelandic: María is(is)

Indonesian: Mariam Irish: Máire ga(ga), Muire ga(ga) Italian: Maria it(it) Korean: 마리아(Mah-ri-ah) Latin: Maria la(la) Latvian: Marija Lithuanian: Marija Macedonian: Мария (Marija) Maltese: Marija Norwegian: Maria no(no) Polish: Maria pl(pl) Portuguese: María pt(pt) Provençal: Mireya Romanian: Maria ro(ro) Russian: Мария (Marija, Marya) Scottish Gaelic: Màiri Serbian: Мария (Marija) Slovene: Marija sl(sl) Spanish: María es(es) Swedish: Maria sv(sv) Turkish: Meryem tr(tr) Welsh: Mair West Frisian: Maria

biblical mother of Jesus

Danish: Maria da(da) Estonian: Maarja es(es) Finnish: Maria fi(fi) French: Marie fr(fr) German: Maria de(de)

Irish: Muire ga(ga) Latin: Maria la(la) Norwegian: Maria no(no) Swedish: Maria sv(sv) Turkish: Meryem tr(tr)

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[ Danish

[ Proper noun

Mary

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

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[ Norwegian

[ Proper noun

Mary

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

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[ Swedish

[ Proper noun

Mary

1. A female given name borrowed from English.