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 a Biblical prophetess, the sister of Moses, the Biblical mother of Jesus; an 11th C dowager queen and regent of Georgia, a 16th C queen consort of France, and a 16th C queen of England and Ireland. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Marie.
Though nowadays Mary and Miriam are treated as distinct names, they derive from the same root, and both appear as Marie in the Wycliffite Bible, showing their identification medievally.
The English diminutives Mal, Malin, Malkyn, Malyn, and Marion are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Malsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 162), Malinsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 288), Malkynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 13), Malynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 137), and Marionsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 11).