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:
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Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), English landscape architect and promoter of child welfare
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Marjery Bryce (1891–1973), British suffragette and actor
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Marjory Cobbe, English midwife granted a pension in 1469 for attending the wife of King Edward IV
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), American journalist, writer, feminist and environmentalist
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Marjory Gengler (born 1951), American tennis player
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Marjory Gordon (1931–2015), emeritus professor of nursing at Boston College
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Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857–1930), Scottish singer, composer and arranger
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Marjory LeBreton (born 1940), leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate
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Marjory Mecklenburg (born 1935), American government administrator and activist opposed to legal abortion
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Marjory Mills (1896–1987), New Zealand embroiderer and businesswoman
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Marjory Newbold (1883–1926), Scottish socialist and communist
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Marjory Saunders (1913–2010), Canadian archer
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Marjory Shedd (1926–2008), Canadian badminton player
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Marjory Stephenson (1885–1948), British biochemist
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Marjory Wardrop (1869–1909), English scholar and translator of Georgian literature
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English-language feminine given names
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