as a First Name
The usual modern spelling of Margery. It seems to have arisen as the result of folk etymological association of the name with that of the herb marjoram (compare Rosemary). This word is of uncertain origin; its Middle English and Old French form was majorane, without the first -r-.
| 327th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 184,687
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 255,485
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Maine
- has the most people named Marjorie per capita
- 1921
- marked the height of its popularity
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