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I too am baby name hunting for a girl nonetheless...a big deal wih 5 boys and a 10 year old daughter who is still doing a happy dance. Our kids all have unique initials but all have a first name starting with 'J'. We would like to possible honor Mary (baby due on 12/12) with a middle name but already used 'm' for James Michael. It is not a hard and fast rule of course but if we could find an alternative that we would like it would be fun to keep he trend 
Laura (41, joyfully pregnant with baby #7....still thinking maternity clothes are ugly:)
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Loretta (as in Our Lady of Loreto) is a good one and I'm sure I can think of more....
and congrats Laura ... I had JP at 41 and am loving every minute of him!
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Delores, Regina, Fatima, Guadalupe, Immaculata, Grace, Stella
I'll have to think, those are just off the top of my head.
Congrats, and praying for a healthy pregnancy!
ETA: Rose
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Some ideas (you might be able to tell I'm enjoying thinking about/researching this  )...
Rosemary
Immaculata
Virginia
Concepcion ... Concepción is used mostly in Latin American countries to honor the Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Mary.
Soledad... (for Our Lady of Solitude) http://saints.sqpn.com/mary0024.htm
Socorro ... The name is given by Spanish-speaking Roman Catholics to honor one of the names given to the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
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I found a thread on another site where people were discussing this. Here is a long list of ideas from there!
Addolorata
Amparo
Angeles
Anunciacion
Annunziata
Angustias
Assunta
Asuncion
Azucena
Begona
Belen
Candelaria
Carmel
Concepcion
Concetta
Conchita
Conseja
Consuelo
Dolores
Encarnacion
Immacolata
Immaculada
Lourdes
Luz
Mercedes
Milagros
Montserrat
Natividad
Nieves
Nunzia
Paz
Pilar
Presentacion
Remedios
Rocio
Rosario
Socorro
Soledad
Batul - Arabic for Virgin Mary
Impi - means virgin in Finnish
Pilar - St. James the elder saw a vision of the Virgin Mary on a pillar in Spain.
Rocio - means "dew". Maria del Rocia mean Mary of the Dew
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We took this name: Annunziata and changed it to the Spanish version which sounds much softer: Annuncia ~ in honour of The Annunciation.
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Hope.
Peace,
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Polly is a derivative of Molly which is a nickname for Mary.
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Rose after Our Lady of the Rosary. That's who our Genevieve Rose is after.
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Rose could also be from one of her titles in the Litany of the BVM: Mystical ROSE. There's also "cause of our JOY".
Someone mentioned HOPE (Mary, our Hope) Other titles?
You could use one of her principal virtues like CHARITY.
I like FATIMA or GUADALUPE from her apparitions;
These names mean "Queen" according to nameberry.com:
Dione
Juno
Malka
Quanda
Queenie
Raina
Raine
Rani
Reggie
Regina
Reina
Rhiannon
Tiana
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Victoria for our lady of victory and Sophia for our lady of wisdom...
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Thanks for all of the great ideas, we are having fun kicking them all around with first names.
Laura
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I forgot Gracie - used for my dd
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Laura...Did I know you were expecting????
CONGRATULATIONS!
What wonderful news!
Happy name picking!
Peace.
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So, what about Lily or Lilian? I want to name a baby girl Lillian Marie or Lily Anne or something like that but my husband thinks saying "Lily" is an Our Lady name is kind of a stretch . . . What do you all think?
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I don't think any of these Marian names are a stretch...if it can be tied to one of her symbols, titles, or litany names, I say it counts...
This has been fun to read. I didn't contribute anything, as everyone jumped right in with the ones I am familiar with. As you can see the Hispanic culture has so many variations on the Marian names.
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Stella Maris--Star of the Sea....
If I could convince DH, I just might use it.
Doubtful, though. LOL
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Oh--and we named our wee one we lost last fall, Ave Maria (Ava for the non-Catholic family members). But Ava Maria would also work...if you didn't mind another M in the middle, instead of on the beginning...
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Mary Teresa--I always thought the lily symbolized Mary and ST. Joseph and am considering Lillian too!
Laura
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Oh and what about Coeli. Although I'd spell it Caeli.
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