Middle Names for Mary?

When playing around with the name [name_f]Mary[/name_f], I tend to leave it in the middle spot, so I have no fully formed idea for a middle for [name_f]Mary[/name_f].

As a first name, I’ve been playing around with the following middles, ranging from adventurous (for me, that’s a lot of them) to very common.

[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Idalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Abilene[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Caterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Aviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Imelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] Paloma

Favorites? Suggestions? What would you pair [name_f]Mary[/name_f] with in your style?

Mary [name_f]Imelda[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Selene[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] are all stunning!

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I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f]! Those would be my favorites. I think [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] is lovely, too, but it’s so overtly Catholic to me. (Not that that’s a bad thing! I just grew up in a very Catholic area where [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Catherines were quite common, so that’s why it seems that way.)

If I were to give a middle to [name_f]Mary[/name_f] in my personal style, I’d go with something like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], or [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f].

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Mary [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]

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I know several [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Catherines as well; it’s definitely pretty Catholic. It was that consciousness that kept me from considering [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]…

I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]!

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Ooh, [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] is so stunning! But, yeah, it would give me pause for the same reason.

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I like religious names generally, but I hesitate to use names that have a single namesake, especially one as (unfairly) controversial as [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f].

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Also [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] :heart_eyes:

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Lovely!

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Mary works best with spunky, older names in the middle imo.

Mary [name_f]Elettra[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jaclyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Roxanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] Lyndie
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Georgette[/name_f]

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I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Selene[/name_f].

Mary [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Wisteria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] Zelime
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Joelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Arabella[/name_f]

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I like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jayne[/name_f] (with the Y)

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I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]!

I’ve considered [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]. Went to college with a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] and thought that was lovely. Once had a pregnancy dream about a little [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]. And I do have a guilty pleasure fantasy of a little [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] named after the poet and calling her “[name_f]Molly[/name_f].”

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I love all of those!

I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] & [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f].

I like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] & [name_u]Mart[/name_u] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f].

What about …
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Christina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]

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I really like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Selene[/name_f].

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Mary [name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Reece[/name_u]

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[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] with long, old, unapologetically dramatic names :grin:

I really like your [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Albertine[/name_f] from the other suggestions!

Maybe also…

[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Madelief[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]

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Mary [name_f]Frances[/name_f] is awesome!