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Marjory is a female given name, a variant spelling of Margery or
Marjorie Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret (name), Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery (name), Margery, Marjory or Margaery. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjor ...
. It is sometimes shortened to Marj. Notable people with the name include: * Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), English landscape architect and promoter of child welfare * Marjery Bryce (1891–1973), British suffragette and actor * Marjory Cobbe, English midwife granted a pension in 1469 for attending the wife of King Edward IV * Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), American journalist, writer, feminist and environmentalist * Marjory Gengler (born 1951), American tennis player * Marjory Gordon (1931–2015), emeritus professor of nursing at Boston College * Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857–1930), Scottish singer, composer and arranger * Marjory LeBreton (born 1940), leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate * Marjory Mecklenburg (born 1935), American government administrator and activist opposed to legal abortion * Marjory Mills (1896–1987), New Zealand embroiderer and businesswoman * Marjory Newbold (1883–1926), Scottish socialist and communist * Marjory Saunders (1913–2010), Canadian archer * Marjory Shedd (1926–2008), Canadian badminton player * Marjory Stephenson (1885–1948), British biochemist * Marjory Wardrop (1869–1909), English scholar and translator of Georgian literature {{given name Feminine given names English-language feminine given names ru:Марджори