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In U.S., rare before c. 1910, but a top-20 name for girls born 1931-1939. </p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to Marilyn">Entries linking to <i>Marilyn</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Mary" href="/word/Mary#etymonline_v_9664">Mary<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>fem. proper name, Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">Maria</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">Marie</span>, name of the mother of Jesus, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">Maria</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">Mariam</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">Maria</span>, from Aramaic <span class="foreign notranslate">Maryam</span>, from Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">Miryam</span>, name of the sister of Moses (Exodus xv), a word of unknown origin, said to mean literally "rebellion."</p> <p>The nursery rhyme "Mary had a Little Lamb" was written early 1830 by Sarah Josepha Hale of Boston and published September 1830 in "Juvenile Miscellany," a popular magazine for children. <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Mary Jane</span></strong> is 1921 as the proprietary name of a kind of low-heeled shoe worn chiefly by young girls, 1928 as slang for <a href="/word/marijuana" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of marijuana " class="crossreference notranslate">marijuana</a>.</p> <p><strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Mary Sue</span></strong> as a type of ludicrously idealized fictional character, originally in fanfiction based on the <span class="foreign notranslate">Star Trek</span> television series, is attested by 1992, from the name of a character in the 1973 parody story <span class="foreign notranslate">A Trekkie's Tale</span>. Attested in reference to other types of fiction by 1999. The male counterpart is a <span class="foreign notranslate">Gary Stu</span> (2005) or a <span class="foreign notranslate">Marty Stu </span>(2003).</p> <blockquote> Mary Sue is often easy to spot because she's impossible to miss. Put simply, Mary Sue is more: more charming, more belligerent, more understanding, more beautiful, more graceful, more eccentric, more spiritual, more klutzy. She has better hair, better clothes, better weapons, better brains, better sex, and better karma than anyone else. [Pat Pflieger, "Too Good to Be True: 150 Years of Mary Sue." 2001.] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of Marilyn">Trends of <i>Marilyn</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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