What does the name Mary Kate mean?

Answer 1

Mary- has several meanings in Hebrew it means: sea of bitterness, rebelliousness, or wished for child. Mary comes from the Hebrew name Miryamin. In Egyptian it means:beloved(mry) or loved(mr). Also Mary is a biblical name for the virgin Mary.

Kate- Comes from the name Katherine which is Greek but the history is debated. It comes from the Greek name Aikaterine. This name could come from the older name hekateros meaning "each of the two" or the goddess' name Hecate which was a goddess associated with witchcraft, tombs, demons and the underworld. It could also come from the Greek word aikia meaning torture. Or it could come from the Coptic meaning my consecration of your name. It later became associated with the name katharos meaning pure. There is also a 4th century saint bearing that name

Answer 2

"Mary" is from the Hebrew name "Maryam", which literally means "bitter". Why would parents call their daughter Bitter? This word also means the plant "myrrh", which is more likely what they had in mind.

"Kate" is a diminutive of "Katharine". Nobody knows the exact origin of this name. People originally guessed that it came from the Greek word for "pure" (katharos) but it probably doesn't. It more likely comes from "Ekaterina", but nobody seems to know what this means either. One guess is "tortured" (because St Katharine was tortured) but this is only a guess.

Answer 3

Marybeth means the best person in the world! Marybeth means the best person in the world!

Answer 4

Mary means bitter, and Kate means pure. Except Mary is Hebrew and Kate is Greek.

Answer 5

The name Mary Kathleen does not mean anything in Japanese, but can be written:　マリー・キャスリン

Answer 6

Beauty, purity, kindness, and liberty

Answer 7

Bitter, Blessed, Pure, and Holy.