Given name

Mary ann

Mary ann is a feminine given name from Hebrew.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mary ann comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from English Mary + Ann.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mary ann’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Mary ann has a diminutive in MAAN. In English usage, Mary ann has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marianne. In English usage, Mary ann has a related form in Maryann.

Walk Mary ann’s family in the name graph

Mary annMaryannMaanAn-AnMary AnneMiriamMarianaMarianneMeleanaMarianeMary-AnnMarie-Anne

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Mary ann has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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