Mhairi
A girls’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Mary.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Mhairi by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Mhairi.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Mary
Like Mhairi, each of these traces back to Mary: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Mariamof the sea; beloved; form of Mary179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pollystar; a diminutive of Polly from Mary242 in England and Wales (2025)
- Molliestar; diminutive of Mary or Molly192 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mhairi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mairiof the sea or beloved; scottish form of mary9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairinof the sea; a form of Maureen18 in the US (2017)
- Mauriof moorish or mauritian tradition; dark-skinned14 in the US (2017)
- Mairegreat or star of the sea; form of Mary10 in the US (2017)
- Maitrifriendship or friendship bond7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Mhairi, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mhairi
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