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I noticed in the history of "mary", that although you had the origin as hebrew for miriam, you stated that the meaning was unknown but that the theories were "sea of bitterness" "rebellious" and "wished for child". I was wondering if you know how those theories came about. I often see the origin or meaning as "bitterness" when I look on general name websites and I saw "wished for" on Christian name website. It's very confusing. Of coarse I liked the info about it being from the egyptian word "mry" meaning "beloved".

• the theories of the name mary - molly  Apr 22 2003, 3:07:52 AM
  • Re: the theories of the name mary - Nell  Apr 22 2003, 12:08:40 PM
  • Re: the theories of the name mary - Anneza  Apr 22 2003, 8:08:47 AM
    • You're right (and more) - Shay  Apr 22 2003, 12:11:49 PM
  • Shay? - Pavlos  Apr 22 2003, 4:15:02 AM