Girl Mairi Mairi Name Origin: Irish Pronunciation: ma(i)-ri See what 3 people think about Mairi Share Popularity Alternatives Comments Infographic of Mairi name meaning, which is Ask your friends & family about Mairi… Share Pin Tweet Email Text Mairi Name Popularity How popular is the name Mairi? Here’s everything we know. Sorry, popularity data for the name Mairi is not available. Names Like Mairi If you like Mairi, you’ll love these other names like Mairi. What names sound like Mairi? If you like how Mairi sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Mairi. Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender Mair Star of the sea Latin Maira Irish Maire Star of the sea Latin Mari Sea of bitterness Welsh Miri Wonderful; peace; propserous Slavic What names are similar to Mairi? Find a name that’s like Mairi, but just a little bit different. Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender Mairim Star of the sea Irish Mairin Star of the sea Irish Share Your Thoughts 3 Comments Fern Jul 24 at 2:48 pm Our second daughter is named Mairi. It is a Scottish Gaelic name, and pronounced by native speakers it sounds akin to the English word ‘marry’. A beautiful, classic Scottish name. Reply Christina Apr 12 at 8:26 am We wanted to honor my mother, Mary, who is unfortunately no longer with us. My husband is Scottish and to honor his heritage and my mother we looked at how the name Mary was spelled in the UK/Scotland. There are a few different spellings and we both decided on “Mairi” We like that Mairi is unique and uncommon spelling in the states. Plus not many babies are named Mairi so it is a rebirth of sorts of that name from a different time. What we did not anticipate is that people don’t know that the pronunciation is the same as “Mary” so when she was born (we kept the gender as a surprise) we got all of these questions about how to pronounce her name. My mother never liked her middle name. Her name was Mary Joseph as a celebration of my grandparents faith. I thought of that as we were deciding on a middle name and ended up with “Mairi Elyse“. We have had so many people tell us what a beautiful name that is. I know my Mom is proud of her granddaughter that she never got to meet. It is a gift to be able to name our daughter after her. Reply Mairi Oct 17 at 1:55 am That is a beautiful story Christina! However, Mairi is not pronounced like Mary. It has a longer A sound, like the start of the word Mars. Not terribly different from Mary, but not the same either. A lovely name regardless! Reply Share your thoughts on the name Mairi Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. All fields are required *Name * Email * Your Thoughts * Δ Search Baby Names Quick Search Search Go Advanced Search Name Starts With Ends With Gender Any Boys Girls Only show unisex names Current Popularity [U.S.] Any More Popular Less Popular Origin Select origin… English Latin Hebrew Greek German Irish French American Spanish Arabic Aboriginal African American Ancient Anglo-Saxon Arabic Aramaic Armenian Arthurian Legend Asian Aztec (Nahuatl) Bulgarian Celtic Chinese Danish Dutch Egyptian English European French Gaelic German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Indian (Sanskrit) Indonesian Irish Israeli Italian Japanese Latin Modern Native American Persian Polish Polynesian Portuguese Russian Scandinavian Scottish Slavic Spanish Turkish Unknown Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish Meaning Number of Letters Min Max Syllables [BETA] Min Max Search Baby Names
Fern Jul 24 at 2:48 pm Our second daughter is named Mairi. It is a Scottish Gaelic name, and pronounced by native speakers it sounds akin to the English word ‘marry’. A beautiful, classic Scottish name. Reply
Christina Apr 12 at 8:26 am We wanted to honor my mother, Mary, who is unfortunately no longer with us. My husband is Scottish and to honor his heritage and my mother we looked at how the name Mary was spelled in the UK/Scotland. There are a few different spellings and we both decided on “Mairi” We like that Mairi is unique and uncommon spelling in the states. Plus not many babies are named Mairi so it is a rebirth of sorts of that name from a different time. What we did not anticipate is that people don’t know that the pronunciation is the same as “Mary” so when she was born (we kept the gender as a surprise) we got all of these questions about how to pronounce her name. My mother never liked her middle name. Her name was Mary Joseph as a celebration of my grandparents faith. I thought of that as we were deciding on a middle name and ended up with “Mairi Elyse“. We have had so many people tell us what a beautiful name that is. I know my Mom is proud of her granddaughter that she never got to meet. It is a gift to be able to name our daughter after her. Reply
Mairi Oct 17 at 1:55 am That is a beautiful story Christina! However, Mairi is not pronounced like Mary. It has a longer A sound, like the start of the word Mars. Not terribly different from Mary, but not the same either. A lovely name regardless! Reply
