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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.
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