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Mairi

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Mairi: Scottish variation of Mary Meaning of Mairi: "bitter"
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Why does Mairi, pronounced MAW-re, seem so much cooler than Mary? This Irish form of Mary was not used before the seventeenth century, as it was considered too sacred. Some of its Anglicized forms include Moira, Maura and Maurya.

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