Entry № 6280 · Scottish Gaelic origin

Mairi Mairi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Meaning
"Scottish Mary"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Scottish)

A name that means "scottish mary".

Mairi is the Scottish Gaelic form of Mary.

Mairi Mhòr nan Òran (Mary MacPherson, 1821-1898) was the great Scottish Gaelic poet known as "Big Mary of the Songs."

Scottish Mary. Big Mary of the Songs.

The name in its native script.

Màiri
Transliteration
Màiri
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mairi stands.

Mairi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mairis before her.

Real people
Mairi Mhòr nan Òran
Scottish Gaelic poet.
1821 – 1898
In fiction
Mairi
Common in Scottish fiction.

Names connected to Mairi.

The number behind Mairi.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mairi reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.