Etymology

Mhairi

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Today it means: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Màiri
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMàiri“Mary”
  2. English todayMhairi

From Scottish Gaelic Màiri (“Mary”), which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMàiri all →

Maura

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.