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This name looks more like an anglicisation of Marielle to me, which is also in the main database and is currently described as a "French diminutive of Marie".
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I've been looking at an online list of "Papist recusants" in Yorkshire in 1604, original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, printed in 1872 (Edward Peacock, comp., "The Roman Catholics in the County of York in 1604", London, 1872).
In the town of Ilkley was a Mariell Hardwick, wife of a Robert Hardwick.
The name stands out, along with Rosamond, among all the more commonly encountered names of that period in the list. I love that, because it shows the name has historical validity. I also love Merrilyn, but by contrast would never use it because it's a 20th century coinage.
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In the town of Ilkley was a Mariell Hardwick, wife of a Robert Hardwick.
The name stands out, along with Rosamond, among all the more commonly encountered names of that period in the list. I love that, because it shows the name has historical validity. I also love Merrilyn, but by contrast would never use it because it's a 20th century coinage.
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