English
Mhairi
Mhairi comes from Scottish Gaelic Màiri ‘Mary’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMàiri‘Mary’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Mhairi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMàiri‘Mary’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Mhairi
Earliest quotation: 2010, Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven: “Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic…”
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Màiri
Today it means
name A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Màiri / Mhairi