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MaryMary is a popular name worldwide, and the most popular name for a female in the United States. During the 1990 US Census, approximately 2.629% of females counted had the first name Mary. There have been a number of important women who have gone by the name Mary: Biblical Marys: Historical Marys: See also: Mary is Miriam in the Hebrew language. In Japanese, Mari means, "eternal truth". Quotation In 1905, George M. Cohan wrote a song called "Mary" 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
Gay slang Mary is slang in some gay communities for a male homosexual.
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