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Maryann
Say it: mair-ee-AN
Meaning
A combination of Mary and Ann.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Mary Ann was a classic double name; the one-word spelling peaked in the US in the 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 62,481 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1943, about 1 in 680 girls
- 83 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mary Ann, Marianne, Maryanne
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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