Nearly 1 in every 4 women in Britain in 1811 was named “Mary”.
Mary is a very popular name and was number 133 for baby girls in the United States in 2021.
Mary as a girls’ name is pronounced MARE-ee. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Mary is “star of the sea”. Saint Jerome associated the Virgin’s name with the Latin phrase “stella maris”. Other possible meanings are (Hebrew) “wished-for child; rebellion; sea of bitterness”.