Mary (first name)

Mary is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Mary is the English form of the given name Maria .

Name bearers

With queens and other rulers, the name Mary is commonly translated to Mary. The rulers can be found in the list of princesses named Maria .

• Mary, Countess of Harewood (1897–1965), British princess and daughter of George V.
• Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005), British actress and playwright
• Mary J. Blige (* 1971), American singer, songwriter and actress
• Mary Chapin Carpenter (* 1958), American singer
• Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), American crime novelist
• Mary Dann (1923-2005), American environmental activist of Native American descent
• Mary Decker (* 1958), American athlete
• Mary Gordon (* 1949), American writer
• Mary Hopkin (born 1950), British singer
• Mary Lacity (* 1963), American business IT specialist
• Mary Leakey (1913–1996), British archaeologist
• Mary MacSwiney (1872–1942), Irish politician and suffragette
• Mary McCartney (* 1969), British photographer
• Mary McCormack (born 1969), American actress
• Mary Pierce (* 1975), Canadian-born French tennis player
• Mary Proctor (1862–1957), Irish-born American astronomer and writer
• Mary Quant (* 1934), British fashion designer, inventor of the mini skirt
• Mary Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín, * 1944), Irish politician, President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Mary Shelley (1797-1851), British writer
• Mary Steenburgen (* 1953), American film and television actress
• Mary Wigman (1886–1973), German dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
• Mary Wilson (born 1944), American soul singer (The Supremes)

stage name

• Mary Astor (actually: Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; 1906–1987), American actress
• Mary Goore , actually Tobias Forge (* 1981), Swedish metal musician
• Mary Roos (* 1949; bourgeois Rosemarie Böhm, née Schwab), German pop singer and actress

Fictional people

• Mary Poppins , main character in novels by the Australian writer PL Travers (1899–1996)