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Marjory

Girl name · 30 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Marjory: 30 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 9 births in 1974.

Marjory is a Scottish variant of Marjorie, itself a medieval form of Margaret, ultimately from the Greek *margarites* — meaning "pearl" — a name that has shimmered through European naming traditions for centuries. One of the most famous bearers was Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the American journalist and environmentalist who fought to protect the Florida Everglades. In Scotland, the name is forever linked to Marjory Fleming, the "Pet Marjorie" of Edinburgh, a child writer whose precocious diaries and poems were published after her death at age eight. The spelling Marjory remains especially common in Scotland, while the variant Marjorie took hold elsewhere. Though no major places share the name, its soft, vintage feel has a quiet charm, evoking the strength of a pearl formed under pressure.