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  2. Mary (name) - Wikipedia

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    It was still the most common name for women and girls in the United States in the 1990 census. [4] Mary first fell below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. However, according to the Social Security Administration, Mary is the seventh most common given name in the United States, with 2.16 million individuals bearing this name as of 2023. [5]

  3. Martha (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Martha is a feminine given name (Latin from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מרתא (Mārtā) "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מרי "master"). Patti , Patsy , and Patty were in use in Colonial America as English rhyming diminutives of the diminutive Mattie . [ 1 ]

  4. Category:Aramaic-language names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Aramaic-language names" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 12 October 2023, ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Miriam (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Mary, mother of the Jesus of the New Testament, bore a Judeo-Aramaic variant of this name, Maryām (מרים). In the New Testament of the Bible, written in Greek, her name is transliterated Mariam (Μαριάμ) or Maria. Several other women in the New Testament, including St. Mary Magdalene, are called by the same name.

  7. Matronymic - Wikipedia

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    The word matronymic is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ mētēr "mother" (GEN μητρός mētros whence the combining form μητρo- mētro-), [1] ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma "name", [2] and the suffix -ικός-ikos, which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense "pertaining to" (thus "pertaining to the mother ...

  8. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Meaning: House of Bread Village name from 587 BC through the time of Christ: Aramaic: בית לחם Pronunciation: Beit Lekhem Meaning: House of Bread Beth Shemesh: Village Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤔 Pronunciation: Bayawt Shamawsh Meaning: House of Sun Caesar, Augustus (son of Gaius Octavius & Atia) Person 63 BC: AD 14

  9. Mara (name) - Wikipedia

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    It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Mara carries the implication "strength." The biblical Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth, claimed the name Mara (מרא) as an expression of grief after the deaths of her husband and sons. It also means "Lady" in Aramaic, because Mar means "Lord", and is a title of bishops in the Syriac Christian church. [1]