Tags: Given Name, Name.
Mary is a feminine given name the English form of the name Maria which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ or Mariam and Μαρια or Maria found in the New Testament. Both New Testament names were forms of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם or Miryam.The usual meaning given by various sources for the name is the Hebrew מרר m-r-r meaning bitterness (cf. myrrh).
