Mary

Hebrew or Egyptian

"drop of the sea; bitter; beloved; love"

Mary Origin and Meaning

Variation of Maire

Mary Rank in US Top 1000

# 132 in the US

Mary Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 159 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mary

• 132 US 2024
• 159 Nameberry 2025
• 241 Future 2028
• 339 England 2024
• 87 Ireland 2022
• 291 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Mary

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Famous People Named Mary

• Blessed Virgin Mary mother of Jesus Christ
• Mary Magdalene follower of Jesus Christ
• Mary of Bethany follower of Jesus Christ
• Mary I Queen of England, aka Bloody Mary
• Mary II Queen of England and Scotland, wife of William III
• Mary Stuart Queen of Scots
• Mary Queen of Hungary
• Mary of Guelders Queen consort of James II of Scotland
• Mary of Guise Queen consort of James V of Scotland; mother of Mary, Queen of Scots
• Mary of Modena (born Maria Beatrice Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este) Queen consort of James II and VII of England
• Mary of Teck (born Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) Queen consort of George V of the U.K.
• Mary Tudor Queen consort of Louis XII of France
• Mary of Austria Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia; Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• Mary Elizabeth Donaldson Crown Princess of Denmark
• Mary Todd Lincoln U.S. First Lady as wife of President Abraham Lincoln
• Mary Pickford (born Gladys Louise Smith) Canadian,American actress
• Mary Sean Young American actress
• Mary Tyler Moore American actress
• Mary Noel Streatfeild English novelist
• Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep American actress
• Mary Willa 'Mamie' Gummer American actress, daughter of actress Meryl Streep
• Mary Anna McCartney daughter of musician Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman McCartney
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead American actress
• Mary Jane Blige American R&B singer
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley English novelist
• Mary Stuart Masterson American actress
• Mary Louise Parker, American actress
• Mary Frances Crosby American actress
• Mary Hart (born Mary Johanna Harum) American TV news personality
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio American actress
• Mary Kate Olsen, American actress and fashion designer; twin of Ashley Olsen
• Mary Katherine Campbell Miss America 1922 and 1923
• Mary Elise Hayden American actress
• Mary Pope Osborne American children's author
• Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin American actress and comedienne
• Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds American actress
• Mary Margaret "Marg" Helgenberger American actress
• Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers) American singer, wife of guitarist Les Paul
• Mary Ellen Mark American photographer
• Mary Byrne Irish singer,songwriter
• Mary Boleyn sister of English Queen consort Anne Boleyn
• Mary Jo Eustace Canadian actress, singer and chef
• Mary Jo Salter American poet
• Mary Charles Jones, American child actress
• Mary Wollstonecraft English author and feminist
• Mary Chapin Carpenter American country music singer
• Mary Eileen McDonnell American actress
• Mary Stuart Princess of England, Scotland and Ireland, daughter of James VI and I
• Mary Henrietta of England Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau; daughter of Charles I
• Mary Princess of Great Britain, daughter of George II
• Mary Princess of the U.K.; Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, daughter of George III
• (Victoria Alexandra Alice) Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, daughter of George V of the U.K.
• Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge Duchess of Teck; mother of Mary of Teck
• Mary Allin Travers American singer of group Peter, Paul & Mary
• Mary Blair (born Mary Browne Robinson) American Disney artist
• Mary Black Irish singer
• Mary Read English pirate
• Mary Jackson NASA's first African,american female engineer
• Mary O'Hara Alsop American novelist and screenwriter
• Mary Gilmore Australian poet and journalist
• Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs aka Cokie Roberts American TV journalist and author
• Mary Kay Place American actress
• Mary Kay Bergman American voice actress
• Mary Tamm English actress
• Mary Jo Kopechne American political campaign specialist
• Mary Oliver American poet
• Mary Hunter Austin American nature writer
• Mary (Theresa Eleanor) Higgins Clark American novelist
• Mary Westmacott alias of novelist Agatha Christie
• Mary Anning English paleontologist
• Mary Amelia Ingalls sister of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Mary Kubica American novelist
• Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach American soccer player
• Mary Cooke Branch Munford, American activist and suffragette
• Mary Clementine Ronstadt (b. 1990) daughter of singer Linda Ronstadt
• Mary Bush (b. 2000) daughter of TV personality Billy Bush
• Mary James Marsden (b. 2005) daughter of actor James Marsden
• Mary James Rust (b. 2017) daughter of Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin
• Mary Iglesias (b. 2020) daughter of Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias
• Mary Shelley English novelist, author of Frankenstein
• Mary Bell (b.1957) English child murderer aged 10,11 in 1968

The name Mary in Pop Culture

• Mary Lennox main character in F.H. Burnett's "The Secret Garden"
• Mary Grayson character in DC Universe
• Mary Wardwell character in "Sabrina" universe
• "Mary Poppins " series by P.L. Travers, movie, and its main character
• Mary Bennet character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
• Mary Malone character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series
• Mary Morstan Watson character in the Sherlock Holmes series
• Mary Jensen main character in film "There's Something About Mary"
• Mary Russell Holmes character in Laurie R. King's Russell and Holmes series
• Mary Iris "Mim" Malone character in "Mosquitoland"
• Mary Sandra Winchester character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Mary Lisbon character in "The Virgin Suicides"
• Mary Shepherd Sunderland, character in video game Silent Hill 2
• Mary Terrafino character in Michael Grant's Gone series
• Mary Katherine (M.K.) main character in movie "Epic"
• Mary Bennington character in movie "Three Men and a Little Lady"
• Mary Josephine Crawley character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• Mary Anne Spier character in The Babysitters Club series
• Mary Mahoney character in Christopher Durang's "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You"
• Mary character in G. A. Henty's, For the Temple
• Mary Jane Watson character in the Spider,Man series
• Mary Margaret Blanchard character on TV's "Once Upon A Time"
• Mary Edwards aka Grandmary character in the American Girl Samantha series
• Mary Jean character in Lily Tomlin's sketches
• Mary Camden character on TV's "Seventh Heaven"
• Mary Swanson character in movie "Dumb and Dumber"
• Mary Vega character in movie "Crusade in Jeans"
• Mary Barrows villain in video game "Clock Tower"
• Sister Mary Benedict character in movie "The Bells of St. Mary's"
• Mary O'Connor character in G. A. Henty's "With Moore at Corunna and Under Wellington's Command"
• Mary Rivers character in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
• Sister Mary Eunice McKee character from "American Horror Story: Asylum"
• Mary Chance character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Mary Waters character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Mary Louise character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
• Blue Mary character in the video game "King of Fighters"
• Mary "Marjory" Kerr character in G. A. Henty's, In Freedom's Cause
• Mary Lou Barebone character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
• Mary Prentice character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
• Mary Griffin character in "The 100"
• Mary Vanderboom character in Rusty Lake: Roots
• Mary Cooper character, Sheldon's Mother on the prequel series "Young Sheldon"
• Mary Albright character on TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun"
• Mary Fiore character in 2001 film "The Wedding Planner"
• Mary main character in "The Forest of Hands and Teeth", by Carrie Ryan
• Mary character in "Mary Death" by Matthew Tarpley
• Mary Adler child maths prodigy in film 'Gifted' played by McKenna Grace
• Mary Shannon main character on the TV series " In Plain Sight"
• Mary (Hatch) Bailey character in film "It's a Wonderful Life"
• Mary Wang character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
• Mary Palmer character in "The Alienist"
• Mary Test character on animated series Johnny Test
• Bloody Mary cocktail inspired by Mary I of England
• "Mary Jane Holland " Lady Gaga song
• "Bloody Mary " Lady Gaga song
• The Jesus and Mary Chain band
• "Mary " song by The Death Riders
• "Mary had a Little Lamb " nursery rhyme
• "Mary Mary, quite contrary," nursery rhyme
• "Mary Mary," song by the Monkees
• "Mary's Song " song by Taylor Swift
• "Mary " song by Noah and the Whale
• "Miss Mary Mack " song sung in hand clapping rhythm
• "Suddenly Mary " song by the American alternative rock band The Posies
• "Mary " song by Scissor Sisters
• Mary Janes women's shoe
• Mary Jane slang for marijuana
• Mary Sue term for a perfect female character\
• Mary Shortnick Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
• Mary Santiago main character in movie "Another Cinderella Story"