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  2. Mary (name) - Wikipedia

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    Mary is among the top 100 names for baby girls born in Ireland, [3] common among Christians and popular among Protestants specifically, owing to Queen Mary II.Mary was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007.

  3. May (given name) - Wikipedia

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    May is an English feminine given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from Maia, the name of a Roman fertility goddess. [1] The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret. It can also be a variant of the Arabic name Mai مي, which either means Water or Little gazelle or little monkey. [2]

  4. Marie (given name) - Wikipedia

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    It is also the standard form of the name in Czech, and is also used, either as a variant of Mary or Maria or a borrowing from French, in Danish, English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish. Marie , Marié or Mariê ( 真理絵、万里絵、麻里絵、まりえ、マリエ ) is also a feminine Japanese given name .

  5. Molly (name) - Wikipedia

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    Molly Malone was the stage name of American silent film actress Violet Isabel Malone. Molly (also spelled Molli or Mollie) is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English diminutives in use since the Middle Ages, substituted l for r. Molly evolved from the English diminutive Mally. [1]

  6. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Also used in the term Hymietown, a nickname for Brooklyn, New York, and as a first name. [57] Ikey, Ike United States: Jews Derived from Isaac, an important figure in Judaism and common Hebrew given name. [58] Itzig Nazi Germany: Jews From Yiddish איציק ‎ (itsik), a variant or pet form of the name Isaak (alternatively Isaac). [59] Jewboy ...

  7. Maria (given name) - Wikipedia

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    The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850.. Maria was a frequently given name in southern Europe even in the medieval period. In addition to the simple name, there arose a tradition of naming girls after specific titles of Mary, feast days associated with Mary and specific Marian apparitions (such as María de los Dolores, María del Pilar, María del Carmen etc., whence the derived ...

  8. Marian (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Marian is a unisex given name. As a feminine given name, it is a variant spelling of Marion, a French diminutive form of Marie that has been used by English–speakers since the Middle Ages. It has also sometimes been considered a combination of the names Mary and Ann. As a masculine given name, it is a form of Marius. [1]

  9. Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    The Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an optional memorial celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church on 12 September. It has been a universal Roman Rite feast since 1684, when Pope Innocent XI included it in the General Roman Calendar to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. [ 1 ]