Details for the forename Mairead

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Mairead (female)


Variants:	Mairearad (F) Mairghead (F) Mared (F) Maretta (F) Margaret (F) Marged (F) Marietta (F) Mererid (F) Myra (F)
Pet Name(s):	Etta (F) Magaidh (F)
Derivative(s):	Maisie (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish Gaelic form of Margaret, from Greek or Persian "pearl". The Irish Gaelic form has an accent: Mairèad. Mairead is Anglicised as Myra or Marietta. These latter two names are consequently classified here as lesser synonyms of each other. Marietta may be spelt Maretta.