copy cat any Mary's wanna do a Mary thread.

ROFL apple!  I'm not a Mary, but close (and people who don't know better and can't read call me Mary sometimes).

Marie (not Mary or Maria thankyouverymuch)

Apple- I am not a Mary, but have a Mary story. My grandmother's name was Mary Alma. She went to a one room school in Oklahoma. Out of 12 kids there were 3 Mary's. Her teacher called her Almy (why not Alma-she didn't know). Til the day she passed, she hated being called Almy. My brother and I would say it occasionally just to get a rise out of her!

Hi Apple!

My name is Mary!(and my best friend is named Sue). I have discovered that there are a lot of Marys in the field of education. There were 5 in my building at one time-right now I am the only one. No children at our school named Mary, though.

Mary 

My mom was a teacher and I was named after her favorite student 'Ruth Mary'. My dad said my first name could be 'Ruth' and my middle name could be 'Mary', but he didn't want a child with two first names!

One of my good friends is Mary.  And she named her daughter Susan.

Mary \m(a)-ry\ as a girl's name is pronounced MARE-ee. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Mary is "star of the sea".  Other possible meanings are (Hebrew) "wished-for child; rebellion; sea of bitterness". Mary is also used in blends and compound names. See also Maira, Mari, Maribel, Marigold, Marisa, Marissa, and Mia. Actresses Mary Pickford, Mary Martin, Mary Stuart Masterson; Queen Mary of Scots; artist Mary Cassatt; writer Mary Shelley; political strategist Mary Matalin; pop singer Mary J. Blige. Biblical: the virgin mother of Christ.

Mary has 103 variant forms: Mair, Maire, Mal, Malia, Mallie, Mame, Mamie, Manette, Manon, Manya, Mara, Marabel, Marabelle, Mare, Maree, Marella, Marelle, Maren, Maretta, Marette, Maria, Mariam, Marian, Mariana, Mariann, Marianna, Marianne, Marice, Maridel, Marie, Mariel, Mariela, Mariella, Marielle, Marietta, Mariette, Marilee, Marilin, Marilla, Marilyn, Marin, Marion, Mariquilla, Mariquita, Mariska, Marita, Maritsa, Maritza, Marja, Marjan, Marje, Marla, Marlo, Marya, Maryann, Maryanne, Marybel, Marybell, Marybeth, Maryjo, Marylee, Marylin, Marylou, Marylu, Marysa, Maryse, Marysia, Masha, Maura, Maure, Maureen, Maurene, Maurine, Maurise, Maurita, Maurizia, Mavra, May, Mayme, Maymie, Mayra, Mayria, Meridel, Meriel, Mimi, Minette, Minnie, Minny, Miriam, Mitzi, Moira, Moire, Moll, Mollie, Molly, Morag, Moya, Muire, Murial, Muriel, Murielle, Poll and Polly.

Okay....So my name is a derivative of Mary (It's included in Ruth's list of Mary names) and my sister's name is Susan...and I'm also jealous that she got the name Susan and I didn't!  I guess you can say that's why I'm "bitter."  My name is VERY unusual and people never pronounce it correctly or spell it correctly!  Years ago, when I realized my name meant "bitterness," I was ready to strangle my mother for naming me it! 

Nowadays, with the invention of the internet, I don't have to say my name or spell my name and can live vicariously with the name "voraciousreader," or "VR" to my friends, and NEVER have to correct people with the spelling or pronunciation!  I feel liberated, but, oh how I wish I were named SUSAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BTW...she HATES when people call her "Suzie."  She was our father's  "Suzie" and NOBODY elses!

YramAl...

"Polly" is a nickname for Mary, which was derived from another nickname for Mary, Molly. It is sometimes used as a name in its own right."

I knew that Polly was a nickname for Mary because my mother knew that both names were derived from Mary and she needed a middle name with the letter P and chose some other name instead that I don't even use because it is THAT awful!   Even my kids think my middle name is awful. My sister Susan lucked out with a beautiful middle name too!  I guess by the time I came along, my mother had used up the pretty names.....  I think I would have been much happier with the name Polly and then we could have called it a day.  Easy to say, easy to spell, easy to remember!

Mary Katherine here - born 69.

I was supposed to be Mary Sandra (dads name Sanford) but when he left the room, my mom changed it to Mary Katherine (her name Katherine).  For some reason Mary Katherine is my first name and I have no middle name (which is silly) and I was called Mary Kay or Mary Kate my whole childhood - not a fan!

And my aunt was Miriam. FYI

ps - I have two daughters , neither named Mary

In the evening when I was growing up, our good Catholic Italian neighbor lady would yell out the door (in one breath), "Roger, Billy, Monica, Betty, Debbie, Theresa, Denise, Bernadette, Dominic, time for bed! Not a Mary amongst them!

Lol Mary