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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the name Mary, my husband loves the name Mary, our two older kids (Henry and Norah) both like it, and the nickname Mair is precious. Not to mention the fact that I would get to buy MTM's metal M for her nursery (not a real reason but still!) The only challenge is that we're Jewish. Not super Jewish but more than just Jew-ish. We were both raised in conservative shuls and send our kids to Hebrew school now but are more of high holiday attendees.  [b]Aside from the fact that my mother would scoff, could we name our daughter Mary? [/b]Would it just be strange? I never thought I could do it but I've sort of reached a 'why not?!' moment. I know there are a million variations that could fit better under the circumstances but we like Mary. I also know that Mary is a pretty dull name to most people but with a spunky middle name, I think it falls under the cute old person name category.[/quote]

Look, OP, an article in the New York Times for you! :-)

https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/my-jewish-daughter-mary/[/quote]

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