Details for the forename Marsaili

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Marsaili (female)


Variants:	Mairsile (F) Marcella (F) Margery (F) Marsail (F)
Derivative of:	Marguerite (F)
Can be spelt:	Marsailidh (F) Marsailie (F) Marsali (F) Marsally (F) Marslaidh (F) Mharsaili (F)
Masculine form:	Marcel (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish Gaelic form of Margery/Marjorie/Marjory, derived from the French name Marguerite. Marsaili is also the Scottish Gaelic form of Marcella, the feminine name from a Latin diminutive of Marcus. This is our primary spelling of the Gaelic name; several spelling variants we have found are listed above.