Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mary ann

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: mary ann
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Hebrew.

name

An imaginary character to whom the Sheffield Outrages were attributed.

British usage

Example Sentences

"She doesn't like being called after Mother Hubbard, who is an old woman in a baby bonnet, even more than she doesn't like to be called Honoria. "That name practically ruined mah entire childhood," she said once. "Ah wanted to make darn sure Ah gave mah little girl a name nobody in creation could make fun of." But she hasn't. 'Mary Ann, Mary Ann, washed her face in a frying pan,' they sang at her on the playground at recess. Soon as she grows up she is going to change it to another one, sort of like it, but nicer, more like books: Marian, or Marianne. Or maybe Miranda."
"The entire family fell in love with Mary Ann, holding her, playing peek-a-boo until she would laugh so loudly. The snow had been falling for several days, and it was blistering cold. Our family didn't own an automobile, but Daddy sat […]"

Etymology

From Mary + Ann.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Maryann (alternative) Mary Anne (alternative)

Questions

What does mary ann mean?: A female given name from Hebrew.
Where does mary ann come from?: From Mary + Ann.

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