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But Mary *was* used before the reformation . . .
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The Dictionary of English Surnames site (here: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/ - I originally got this link from Miranda who as you know prizes accuracy, so I trust it) lists the following forms of Mary in England:Before 1250:
Maria
Marie
Marion
Mariot
Mariota1250-1450:
Maria
Marie
Marion
Mariot
Mariota
Mariun
MaryAfter 1450:
MaryAdditionally, one of the most famous historic Marys, Queen Mary of England, was born in 1516, and the reformation under her father, King Henry VIII, began very decisively some 17 years later in 1533. Queen Mary also had an aunt Mary (Mary Tudor, Henry's younger sister) who was sufficiently older that when she died in 1533 she had been married twice, her first husband having died in 1515.
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More historical Marys (long)Royalty, who else? I'm going up to the early 1500s here.Burgundy:
Marie of Blois (1128-1190)
Mary of Valois (1386-1422)
Mary of Valois (1393-1463) - Niece of the above
Mary of Valois, duchess of Burgundy (1457-1482)Flanders:
Mary of Blois, countess of Boulogne (m. 1160)
Mary of Champagne (1174-1204)
Mary of Dampierre, abbess of Flines (d. 1302)
Mary of Flanders (d. 1297)Hainaut:
Mary of Champagne (1174-1204) - Same as above
Mary of Hainaut (Marie of Hainaut) (1280-1354)Holland:
Mary of Brabant (~1190-1260) - She married William I of Holland. Their son married Mary's sister Margaret O_oBrabant:
Mary of Brabant (~1190-1260) - Same as above
Mary of Hohenstaufen (1201-1235)
Mary of Brabant (1226-1256)
Mary of Brabant (1260-1321)
Mary of Brabant (1325-1399)Brittany:
Mary, viscountess of Limoges (1260-1291)
Mary of Brittany (1268-1339)
Mary of Brittany (1302-1371)
Mary of Brittany (1391-1446)
Mary of Brittany (1444-1506)Lorraine:
Mary of Lorraine (d. 1334)

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Mary was taboo before that, though.But it must have been a rather long time before.~♥Eirena♥~
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