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DH and I have always loved the name Mary however both our girls have long names and Mary just seems to sound a little short with them. So any suggestions to longer versions of Mary would be appreciated, I am sure I have thought of them all (and dislike them) but I am hoping there is a lovely one out there that I have missed!
Marion/Marian
Merylina
Marlene
Marianne
Miriam
Martha
Margaret
Maranda/Miranda
Mariah
Marica
Moira
Margarite
Marisa
Marlee
Maribella
Maribelle
Marilyn
Margery
Marigold
Marla
Merelda
All I got lol
Mary-Jane
Maryam
Not going to be offended if you don't like these! Baby names are soooo hard.
Maire (Although not longer, but its a nice spelling)
MaryBeth
MaryAnne
MaryLee
MaryLou
MaryRose
MaryBelle
MaryEllen
Mariella
Mariah
Marcia
Meredith, and then Merry? 'Tis one of my faves.
Bahahahahaha!!!
:rofl:
Marianna?
Hmmm, no nothing so far! I love Martha but I don't think it is Mary enough, I would just end up calling her Martha I think.
To much like DD2's name Mel :D Thats why Pollyanna is ruled out :(
I have a family friend who, whilst I was growing up, I thought was "Marilena", but it is Maria Elena. Variations on this misunderstanding could be Marielena or Marialena.
What about Rosemary?
my neighbour in Sydney was Maria-Louise
What about Mariette. This is a friend of a friends name and I have always liked the sound of it. I guess you could spell it Maryette too.
Marybeth
Merideth
Maryann
Marigold
Marnie
Marylou
I love Mary as it is.
Marieke (Ma-ree-ka)
I was just coming back in to say this one too. Love this one.:
Marysol
My godmother (who I never see these days) is Ma-rae-ka.:
I really like Rosemary but DH doesn't, I think it may because DD2's middle name is Sage.
Feeb - do you think that just Mary sounds to short with the girls names though?
For everyone else my other girls names are Matilda and Annabelle.
We have a shortlist is of 3 complete names and I love the others also but both of us always had a soft spot for Mary.
Nope I don't think so, I think it goes nicely 4 letters, 7 letters 9 letters. variation is good!
We did worry that we both and DS1 all have 5 letter names and DS2 has 8 and anal retentive me looked at medicare card and said his name length wrecks the neatness of card lol. But in the end if you love the name go for it!!
When I say your girls names with Mary it rolls of tongue nicely!
I think that Matilda, Annabelle and Mary sound great together. What about a middle name??
The middle name we have chosen for Mary is Charlotte. Both our girls have 4 letter middle names so I thought that it might even it out to have the long middle name, plus DH doesn't LOVE Charlotte so we wouldn't use it as a first name.
The other two names on our list are: 'Delilah Pearl' and 'Daphne Raine' although I love Maeve as a middle name also.
I think Mary sounds fine, and it's longer than it looks because it's still to syllables.
I do love Maeve Charlotte though.
Anything with Charlotte in it is awesome!!!
I think with the names you have Mary is perfect. Too many long names becomes a mouthfull and you end up shortening them anyway so why not just call her Mary?? I really like your names, and definately think Mary should be there too!
with the other girls names I think Mary sounds lovely though I do LOVE Daphne and prefer it of the two ... but thats just me LOL as someone suggested elsewhere, say the three girls names out oud 3 times and see how it feels/sounds.
You always pick such lovely names anyway so you won't go wrong :hug:
Nae x
Except we have a lady at playgroup pronounced 'mar -see- a' lol so it took me a couple seconds to realise this joke lol:
Mhairi, pronounced Mah-ree
Its a scottish spelling for Mary. (and in scots, it is pronounced Vah-ree)
Oh I love Mary. And it goes so well with your other 2 girls! Lovely!
Lol Divvy I love your sig.... off topic i know but it made me laugh!
how about Marietta (Mary-etta)
Marietta Charlotte sounds lovely :)
I have an aunt Maryrose, love her name. We sometimes call her Rosie or MR but mostly Maryrose. The name just sounds so lovely so we use her full name. I am not sure if it is true but I heard when I was younger that she was Christened Mary but decided in childhood that her name was too boring for her (she is an artist so I guess wants to be different ;)) and she renamed herself Maryrose. I will have to check if that is true!
As another idea, I also have an Aunt (-in law) by the name of Mary Louise. She was known as Marylou or just Lou.
I guess in my family, Mary does not hold much weight and the name is always dressed up a little ;)
It is worth considering nicknames with this though. It seems if you lengthen Mary in some way, you are likely to get a nickname which drops the Mary and focuses on the other name. Would that annoy you if you really wanted the name Mary to be the dominant name? I feel that using just Mary might lead to the nickname 'Mare' or 'Mares' in that Aussie way that the ending is dropped or replaced. :think: worth considering?
I say go with your gut - if you both love Mary, this little girl is meant to be a Mary. I think it sounds lovely - especially with Charlotte, and with your other girls' names :) Good luck with the new arrival :D
We have decided to go with Mary, just Mary, well Mary Charlotte :lol:
Thankyou all for the suggestions, it made me realise that I really do not like any of the extended versions!
I love it. Mary is a lovely name