Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. PAHL-ee  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Medieval variant of Molly. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.

Related Names

VariantsMollie, Molly, Pollie
Other Languages & CulturesMarie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miriam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari(Breton) Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Maria(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija(Croatian) Marie, Miriam(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mariann, Marianne, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Manon, Marianne, Marijse, Marja, Marjan(Dutch) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Marianne, Marje(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria(Frisian) María(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Marianne(German) Maria(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam(Hebrew) Mária, Mara, Mariann(Hungarian) María(Icelandic) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Mallaidh(Irish) Maria, Miriam(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Molle, Malle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mariann, Marianne, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam(Polish) Maria, Miriam(Portuguese) Maria(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Mária, Miriam(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam(Slovene) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam(Spanish) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mariann, Marianne(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)

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Entry updated July 2, 2008