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Mary f. Aramaic מַרְיָם, Hebrew מִרְיָם, of uncertain origin. It is often derived from the root מר 'to be bitter', but others have suggested it derives from the root מרי 'mutiny, rebellion, disobedience'.

The name of the Biblical mother of Jesus, a 16th C queen consort of France, and a 16th C queen of England and Ireland. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Marie.

Belgium
Latin
● 1238 Maria (nom) OvdFB 3, Mariam (acc) ibid. 3; 1266 Maria (nom) ibid. 6, Marie (gen) ibid. 6
Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Maria (nom) JeanIII p. 3
England
Latin
● 1185x1186 Maria (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 13; 1189 Marie (gen) GASurv p. 224; 1279–80 Marie (dat) WaHR-SK p. 34; 1381 Maria (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 88; 1529 Mariæ (dat) WillsInv LXXIX; 1553 Maria (nom) StMartF p. 57; 1558/9 Maria (nom) Chst-1 p. 9; 1559 Maria (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1573 maria (nom) ibid. p. 12
◑ 1279–80 Mariota (nom) WaHR-SK p. 47; 1296 Merote (dat) RCS-1 p. 93b; 1377 Mariona (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4; 1381 Marion (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 71, Mariona (nom) FenPT-2 p. 10, Mariota (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 82; 1560 Marion (nom) Chst-1 p. 10
Dutch
● 1572 Maria AuFr Bends; 1574 Maria ibid. Bonnijnck; 1575 Maria ibid. Backereel; 1576 Maria ibid. Ende, Marie ibid. Bouckenohle; 1577 Maria ibid. Cruijce, Marie ibid. Dobbelare; 1578 Maria ibid. Eversem; 1581 Maria ibid. Brekmans; 1582 Maria ibid. Elst; 1583 Maria ibid. Diericks; 1584 Marie ibid. Gast; 1585 Maria ibid. Capelle, Marie ibid. Boone; 1586 Maria ibid. Biliet, Marie ibid. Boonen; 1587 Maria ibid. Damen, Marie ibid. Daele; 1588 Maria ibid. Beke, Marie ibid. Enserinck; 1589 Maria ibid. Cromman, Marie ibid. Allnyt; 1590 Maria ibid. Cox, Marie ibid. Boterdroghe; 1591 Maria ibid. Beck, Marie ibid. Garet; 1592 Maria ibid. Baert; 1593 Maria ibid. Balen, Marie ibid. Baerman; 1595 Maria ibid. Claeijsz, Marie ibid. Claisz; 1597 Maria ibid. Berghe; 1598 Maria ibid. Bil; 1599 Maria ibid. Cousijn
Middle English
● 1433 Marie EEW p. 93
◑ 1429 Maryon WillsInv LV
Early Modern English
● 1530 Mare LIWill-III p. 65, Mary ibid. p. 6, Marye ibid. p. 28; 1538 Mare BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1539 Mare ibid. p. 1; 1540 Mare ibid. p. 2, Marie StAnthonlin p. 1; 1541 Mare BarnstapleBap p. 2, Mary ibid. p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1542 Mare BarnstapleBap p. 2, Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 78; 1543 Mary BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1544 Mary HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1545 Mary StAnthonlin p. 5, Marye ibid. p. 5; 1546/7 Maria ExMar p. 1; 1546 Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 78; 1547 Marie BarnstapleBap p. 5; 1548/9 Maria ExMar 2a; 1548 Marie BarnstapleBap p. 6, Marrie ibid. p. 6, Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 7, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 6; 1549 Marie StAnthonlin p. 8; 1550 Mary ibid. p. 8; 1551 Mary BarnstapleBap p. 7, StAnthonlin p. 8; 1552 Mary BarnstapleBap p. 7, DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 9, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 7; 1553 Mare ibid. p. 8, Mary StAnthonlin p. 10, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1554 Mare ibid. p. 8, Maria HAmar-vol9 p. 2, Marie BarnstapleBap p. 8, Marre ibid. p. 8, Marye ibid. p. 8; 1555 Mare ibid. p. 9, Marey ibid. p. 9, Marie ibid. p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 11, Mary bruton-vol1 p. 108, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 9; 1556 Mary StAnthonlin p. 11, bruton-vol1 p. 28, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 9; 1557 Mary ProcSuf-vol3 p. 265p. 265, StAnthonlin p. 12, bruton-vol1 p. 28; 1558 Mary BUmar-vol9 p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 131, bruton-vol1 p. 29, Marye StAnthonlin p. 12; 1559/60 Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 6; 1559 Mary BUmar-vol9 p. 3, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1560 Mary BUmar-vol9 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 10, CAmar-vol1 p. 1, OrpingtonKe p. 1, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 13, bruton-vol1; 1561 Mary BEmar-vol2 p. 53, BarnstapleBap p. 11, bruton-vol1 p. 3, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 11; 1562 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 60, SaxhamSf p. 39, StAnthonlin p. 14, bruton-vol1 p. 4, Marye BarnstapleBap p. 12; 1563 Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 81, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 15, bruton-vol1 p. 33; 1564 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 60, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, HAmar-vol9 p. 116, Redruth-Co p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 34; 1565 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 116, CAmar-vol1 p. 2, OrpingtonKe p. 2, Redruth-Co p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 34, Marye BUmar-vol1 p. 2; 1566 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 61, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 18, bruton-vol1 p. 112, Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 69; 1567 Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 81, Redruth-Co p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 37, Marye BUmar-vol1 p. 2; 1568 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 61, ExMar 2b, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 19, bruton-vol1 p. 5; 1569 Marie SaxhamSf p. 2, Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 82, Redruth-Co p. 6, Maryan BEmar-vol2 p. 30, Marye StAnthonlin p. 20; 1570 Mary OrpingtonKe p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 38, Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 128; 1571 Maria HAmar-vol9 p. 2, Mary BUmar-vol9 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, StAnthonlin p. 21, bruton-vol1 p. 6, Marye HAmar-vol9 p. 91; 1572 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 61, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, StAnthonlin p. 22, bruton-vol1 p. 40, Marye BUmar-vol1 p. 25; 1573 Marie Bar-in-El p. 21, Marriam bruton-vol1 p. 41, Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 83, StAnthonlin p. 23, bruton-vol1 p. 6, Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 129; 1574 Marie Bar-in-El p. 23, Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BUmar-vol2 p. 62, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, StAnthonlin p. 24, bruton-vol1 p. 41; 1575 Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BUmar-vol2 p. 62, COmar-vol2 p. 70, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, StAnthonlin p. 24, bruton-vol1 p. 42; 1576 Mary COmar-vol2 p. 101, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, OrpingtonKe p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 25, bruton-vol1 p. 7, Marye BUmar-vol2 p. 1, COmar-vol2 p. 101, COmar-vol5 p. 5; 1577 Mary COmar-vol2 p. 48, HAmar-vol9 p. 68, StAnthonlin p. 25, Marye ibid. p. 25; 1578 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 62, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, OrpingtonKe p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 27, bruton-vol1 p. 43, Marye Bar-in-El p. 24; 1579 Mary COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, HAmar-vol9 p. 50; 1580 Marie SaxhamSf p. 39, Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 84, OrpingtonKe p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 28, bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1581 Mary CAmar-vol1 p. 129, COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, DEmar-vol2 p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 28; 1581/2 Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 3; 1582 Mary COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, DEmar-vol2 p. 7, OrpingtonKe p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 29; 1583 Mary COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol2 p. 9, OrpingtonKe p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 30, Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 130; 1584 Marie Bar-in-El p. 25, Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 12, StAnthonlin p. 30, Marye BEmar-vol1 p. 12, HAmar-vol9 p. 50; 1585 Marie COmar-vol5 p. 7, SaxhamSf p. 39, Mary Bar-in-El p. 14, COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 11, StAnthonlin p. 31; 1585/6 Mary StMary-Ke p. iv; 1585 Mary bruton-vol1 p. 46, Marye BEmar-vol1 p. 12, BEmar-vol2 p. 3, CAmar-vol1 p. 129; 1586 Marie Bar-in-El p. 16, SaxhamSf p. 4, Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 64, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 12, OrpingtonKe p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 32, bruton-vol1 p. 46, Marye COmar-vol2 p. 123, COmar-vol5 p. 7; 1587 Marie SaxhamSf p. 40, Mary COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 14, OrpingtonKe p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 32, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1588 Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 13, BUmar-vol2 p. 64, CAmar-vol1 p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 15, HAmar-vol9 p. 92, StAnthonlin p. 33, Marye CAmar-vol1 p. 4; 1589 Marie SaxhamSf p. 4, Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 64, BUmar-vol9 p. 148, COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 17, StAnthonlin p. 33, bruton-vol1 p. 9, Marye BUmar-vol1 p. 2, CAmar-vol1 p. 130; 1590 Marie SaxhamSf p. 4, Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 14, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, Bar-in-El p. 30, COmar-vol5 p. 9, DEmar-vol2 p. 20, HAmar-vol9 p. 140, StAnthonlin p. 34, Marye Bar-in-El p. 27, CAmar-vol1 p. 130; 1591 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 65, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, CAmar-vol1 p. 4, COmar-vol2 p. 23, COmar-vol5 p. 9, DEmar-vol2 p. 22, StAnthonlin p. 35; 1591/2 Marye BEmar-vol1 p. 15; 1591 Marye HAmar-vol9 p. 92; 1592 Mary BUmar-vol2 p. 65, COmar-vol2 p. 24, DEmar-vol2 p. 24, OrpingtonKe p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 35, bruton-vol1 p. 51; 1593 Mary BEmar-vol1 p. 15, BUmar-vol2 p. 65, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, DEmar-vol2 p. 26, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 36, bruton-vol1 p. 52, Marye BEmar-vol1 p. 16, BEmar-vol2 p. 131, COmar-vol2 p. 102; 1594 Mary BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol2 p. 65, CAmar-vol1 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol2 p. 28, SaxhamSf p. 40, StAnthonlin p. 37, bruton-vol1 p. 53, Marye BUmar-vol1 p. 27, COmar-vol2 p. 102; 1595 Marie BUmar-vol2 p. 118, Mary ibid. p. 118, COmar-vol2 p. 72, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 31, HAmar-vol9 p. 69, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 37; 1596 Mary DEmar-vol1 p. 87, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton-vol1 p. 55, Marye BUmar-vol2 p. 118; 1597 Mary BUmar-vol9 p. 9, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 35, HAmar-vol9 p. 51, SaxhamSf p. 40, StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton-vol1 p. 55, Marye BEmar-vol1 p. 16; 1598 Marie BUmar-vol2 p. 118, Mary ibid. p. 66, DEmar-vol2 p. 37, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 39, bruton-vol1 p. 56, Marye CAmar-vol1 p. 6; 1599 Marie DEmar-vol2 p. 40, StAnthonlin p. 40, Mary BEmar-vol2 p. 4, COmar-vol2 p. 123, DEmar-vol2 p. 42, bruton-vol1 p. 57, Marye BEmar-vol2 p. 131, StAnthonlin p. 40
◑ 1530 Marion LIWill-III p. 26, Maryon ibid. p. 26; 1538 Maryan BEmar-vol1 p. 2; 1540 Marrion BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Marian StNick-Sf p. 1, Maryan DEmar-vol1 p. 78; 1546 Marion BarnstapleBap p. 5; 1546/7 Marion ExMar 1b; 1546 Maryan BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1551 Marian BarnstapleBap p. 7, Maryen BEmar-vol1 p. 4; 1555 Maryan ibid. p. 5; 1559 Marrian BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1560 Maryan BEmar-vol2 p. 29; 1562 Maryon BarnstapleBap p. 11; 1564/5 Malina HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1564 Marryan DEmar-vol1 p. 81; 1567 Maryan BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1570 Maryon BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1573 Marian DEmar-vol1 p. 83, Marrian COmar-vol2 p. 70; 1576 Marian CAmar-vol1 p. 3, HAmar-vol9 p. 50, Marion BEmar-vol2 p. 69; 1583 Maryan BUmar-vol1 p. 26; 1585 Marian DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1587 Marian StAnthonlin p. 32, Marrian HAmar-vol9 p. 69; 1590 Marian BEmar-vol2 p. 69, DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1593 Marian CAmar-vol1 p. 5; 1595/6 Marian HAmar-vol9 p. 51; 1596 Maryan BEmar-vol2 p. 31; 1599 Marian DEmar-vol2 p. 41
France
Latin
● c823 Maria (nom) irminon-vol2 72, Palatiolum; c1050 Maria (nom) StVdM-II 696; 1060 Maria (nom) ibid. 730, Marie (gen) CartNDSaintes XIX; 1135 Maria (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x62 Maria (abl) ibid. 57, Marie (gen) ibid. 92; 1147 Maria (nom) ibid. 14, Marie (gen) ibid. 17; 1147x62 Maria (abl) ibid. 55; 1162x1165 Marie (abl) ibid. 127; 1163–64 Maria (abl) ibid. 113; 1163x1173 Maria (nom) ibid. 156, Marie (gen) ibid. 156; 1164 Maria (abl) ibid. 121; 1166 Maria (abl) ibid. 129, Marie (gen) ibid. 129; 1173 Maria (nom) ibid. 157, Marie (gen) ibid. 157; 1179 Maria (abl) ibid. 176, Marie (gen) ibid. 177; 1180 Marie (gen) RotScaNor p. 22; 1190 Maria (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXIX; 1238 Marie (gen) ibid. CXLV; 1257 Maria (nom) ArrestReg-volI XII, St. Martin; 1258 Maria (nom) ibid. XXVII, Candlemas, Mariam (acc) ibid. XXVII, Candlemas; 1260 Marie (gen) ibid. II, St. Martin; 1269 Marie (dat) CartNDdOurscamp LXI; 1273 Maria (nom) ibid. XXVI; 1285 Marie (gen) ibid. VII; 1287 Maria (nom) GasReg-A p. 74; 1301 Maria (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 201, Marie (gen) ibid. p. 201; 1304 Marie (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXXXVI; 1310/11 Maria (nom) GasReg-A p. 100; 1378 Maria (nom) hanquetvol1 549, Mariam (acc) ibid. 748, Marie (gen) ibid. 890
◑ 1300 Mariete (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 382
Old French
● 1292 Marie 1292paris p. 2; 1296 Marie paris1296 p. 14; 1301 Maroie (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 335 [p. 235]; 1313 Marie Paris1313 p. 7
◑ 1313 Marote Paris1313 p. 104, Marotte ibid. p. 23
Middle French
● 1421 Marie favier 165; 1423 Marie ibid. 115; 1561 Marie RegPCC-1 p. 1; 1562 Marie ibid. p. 6; 1563 Marie ibid. p. 18; 1564 Marie ibid. p. 44; 1565 Marie ibid. p. 108; 1566 Marie ibid. p. 197
◑ 1421 Marion favier 181; 1423 Marion ibid. 260; 1438 Marion ibid. 365; 1562 Marion RegPCC-1 p. 10; 1563 Mariète ibid. p. 25; 1564 Mariette ibid. p. 62, Marion ibid. p. 64, Mariotte ibid. p. 86; 1565 Mariette ibid. p. 121, Marion ibid. p. 117
Germany
Latin
● 1223 Marie (gen) quix-vol2 136
Italy
Latin
● 915 Maria (nom) RCI-Cam1 2, Marie (gen) ibid. 2; 966 Maria (nom) skinner p. 120; 974 Maria (nom) ibid. p. 115; 1063 Maria (nom) ibid. p. 113; 1265x1339 Maria (nom) BBC-Berg 30; 1285 Marie (gen) Perugia1285 p. 158; 1522x1532 Maria (nom) DSF p. 52, 35
◑ 1522x1532 Marella (nom) DSF p. 52, 35, Mariella (nom) ibid. p. 51, 19, Maruccia (nom) ibid. p. 50, 2
Portugal
Latin
● 1209 Maria (abl) PHGCRP-I no. 10, Mariam (acc) ibid. no. 10, Mariæ (dat) ibid. no. 10; 1256 Mariæ (gen) ibid. no. 17; 1269 Mariæ (dat) ibid. no. 11
Scotland
Latin
● 1426 Maria RMSRS-2 48
◑ 1376 Mariote (dat) morton-vol1 16
Scots
◑ 1543 Mariota PGB; 1573 Mariota ibid.; 1594 Mariota ibid.
Spain
Latin
● 954 maria (nom) CDGH XLVII; 1276 Marie (gen) ibid. XLVI, maria (abl) ibid. XLVI, mariam (acc) ibid. XLVI; 1490 Maria (nom) carbonell p. 43; 1491 Maria (nom) ibid. p. 55
Catalan
● 1510 Maria valencia1510 3178
Old Spanish
● 1225 Maria PHGCRP-I no. 15
Spanish
● 1316 Maria deMoxo; 1318 Maria ibid.; 1319 Maria ibid.; 1323 Maria ibid.; 1326 Maria ibid.; 1328 Maria ibid.; 1330 Maria ibid.; 1331 Maria ibid.; 1332 Maria ibid.; 1333 Maria ibid.; 1334 Maria ibid.; 1336 Maria ibid.; 1348 Maria ibid.
Switzerland
Latin
◑ 14thCx1478 Mariola (nom) Ob-SPVn (105)
Ukraine
Latin
◑ 1480 Maruscha (nom) AGZ-18 CIX-1314
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Mary". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Mary.