Marjory is a female given name, a variant spelling of

Marjorie Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram. It came into English from the Old Fre ...

or Margery. It is sometimes shortened to

Marj Marj ( ar, المرج, Al Marǧ, The Meadows), also spelt ''El Merj'', generally believed to be on the site of the ancient city of Barca or Barce, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the Marj District. It lies in an ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of Hurtwood (née Gill; 10 May 1897 – 11 April 1976), known to her friends as Joan, was an English landscape architect and promoter of child welfare. Marjory Gill was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. She was a cous ...

(1897–1976) * Marjery Bryce (1891–1973), British suffragette and actor *

Marjory Cobbe Marjory Cobbe of Devon, England was a midwife. In 1469 she was granted an annual pension of £10 for her attendance on Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1 ...

, English midwife granted a pension in 1469 for attending the wife of Edward IV *

Marjory Gengler Marjory Logan Gengler Smith (born May 3, 1951) is an American retired tennis player. In 1973, while a student at Princeton University, she was captain of the women's tennis team and led them to an undefeated season in 1972. She was the top ranked ...

, American tennis player *

Marjory Gordon Marjory Gordon (Cleveland, November 10, 1931 – Massachusetts, April 29, 2015) was a nursing theorist and professor who created a nursing assessment theory known as Gordon's functional health patterns. Gordon served in 1973 as the first presid ...

, emeritus professor of nursing at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts *

Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1 October 1857 – 22 November 1930) was a Scottish singer, composer and music teacher and supporter of women's suffrage and pacifism. According to Ray Perman, Kennedy-Fraser "made a career of collecting Gaelic songs in ...

(1857–1930), Scottish singer, composer and arranger *

Marjory LeBreton Marjory LeBreton (born July 4, 1940) is a Canadian former leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada, a cabinet-rank position; and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progres ...

(born 1940), Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate *

Marjory Mecklenburg Marjory E. Malo Mecklenburg (born 1935) is an American government administrator. She has served as an advisor for the Office of Technology Assessment and was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, serving i ...

(born 1935), American government administrator and activist opposed to legal abortion *

Marjory Mills Marjory Hinemoa Mills (11 November 1896 – 22 May 1987) was a New Zealand embroiderer who was an artist and business owner. Early life Mills was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 11 November 1896. Her parents were Thomas, a journalist, a ...

(1896–1987), New Zealand embroiderer and businesswoman *

Marjory Newbold Marjory Newbold (25 May 1883 – 15 November 1926) was a leading Scottish socialist and communist, prominent in the Independent Labour Party and in the 'Red Clydeside' movement demanding reforms for the working class. Newbold organised pacifist an ...

(1883–1926), Scottish socialist and communist *

Marjory Saunders Marjory Saunders (March 10, 1913 – November 26, 2010) was a Canadian archer who competed in the Olympic games in 1972 in Munich. She was born in Sussex, England and died in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olym ...

(1913–2010), Canadian archer *

Marjory Shedd Marjory Shedd (March 17, 1926 – May 10, 2008) was a world-class Canadian badminton player who won numerous titles from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Shedd won a total of 23 Canadian National Championships (6 in singles, 12 in women's doubl ...

(1926–2008), Canadian badminton player *

Marjory Stephenson Marjory Stephenson (24 January 1885 – 12 December 1948) was a British biochemist. In 1945, she was one of the first two women elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, the other being Kathleen Lonsdale. She wrote ''Bacterial Metabolism'' (193 ...

(1885–1948), British biochemist *

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 – May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for de ...

(1890–1998), American journalist, writer, feminist and environmentalist *

Marjory Wardrop Marjory Scott Wardrop (11 November 1869 – 7 December 1909) was an England, English scholar and translator of Georgia (country), Georgian literature. She was a sister of the United Kingdom, British diplomat and scholar of Georgia, Oliver Wardrop ...

(1869–1909), English scholar and translator of Georgian literature

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