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There have been a number of important women who have gone by the name Mary:
Biblical Marys:
- Mary, the mother of Jesus
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary, sister of Lazarus
- Mary, mother of John Mark
- Mary (biblical, Romans 16:6)
Historical Marys:
- various Queen Marys
- Mary I of England
- Mary II of England
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary of Hungary
- Typhoid Mary
See also:
Mary is Miriam in the Hebrew language.
In Japanese, Mary means, "eternal truth".
In 1905, George M. Cohan wrote a song called "Mary" [1] (http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/mary.htm) which ended:
- For it is Mary, Mary,
- Plain as any name can be
- But with propriety,
- Society will say Marie
- But it was Mary, Mary,
- Long before the fashions came
- And there is something
- There that sounds so fair,
- It's a grand old name
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