Meaning and Origin
What does the name Marry mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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- According to a user from Australia, the name Marry means "Wed".
- To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place."Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself." [Gay.]
- To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4."A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to marry." [Evelyn.]
- To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife."Mæcenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must either marry his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his life." [Bacon.]
- To take for husband or wife. See the Note below."They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never married to his mother." [Bp. Lloyd.]
- Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation."Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you." [Jer. iii. 14.]
Note: ☞ We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman.
Etymology: OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral
- Take in marriage
- Perform a marriage ceremony
From Middle English marien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French marier, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian martì (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mairiia, “yeoman”).)
From Middle English Marie, referring to Mary, the Virgin Mary. Mid-14th century.