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 French, from the Latin margarita (pearl).

After the Middle Ages this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century.

Nicknames

Marge, Margie, Marj, Jorie, MJ, Mar and Maggie are common nicknames of Marjorie.

Notable Marjories include

Marjorie, Countess of Carrick (also Margaret) (1253–1292), the mother of Robert the Bruce
Marjorie Abbatt (1899–1991), an English toy maker and businesswoman
Marjorie Acker (1894–1985), a Washington, D.C. based artist and the niece of artists Gifford and Reynolds Beal
Marjorie Agosín (born 1955), an award-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, activist, and professor
Marjorie Anderson (1913–1999), a leading BBC radio broadcaster for over thirty years
Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002), a Scottish historian and paleographer
Marjorie Arnfield (1930–2001), an English artist who specialised in both industrial and rural landscapes
Marjorie Barnard AO (1897–1987), an Australian novelist and short story writer, critic, historian and librarian
Marjorie Barretto (born 1974), an actress and politician from the Philippines
Marjorie Bates R.A. (1882–1962), a Derbyshire painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and in Paris
Marjorie Bean (died 2001), the first Bermudian woman to be appointed to Bermuda's former Legislative Council
Marjorie Bennett (1896–1982), an Australian television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era
Marjorie Best (1903–1997), an American Hollywood costume designer best known for her period designs
Marjorie Blamey OBE (born 1919), an English painter and illustrator, particularly noted for her botanical illustrations
Marjorie Blankstein, CM (née Rady), Canadian fundraiser, community activist and volunteer
Marjorie Boulton (born 1924), a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto
Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[ere] Long née Campbell), (1885–1952), a British author
Marjorie Bransfield, an English-speaking former actress, who was married to actor James Belushi
Marjorie Brown, the owner of the Boston Celtics following the death of her husband Walter A. Brown
Marjorie Browne (1910–1990), a British actor
Marjorie Lee Browne (1914–1979), a notable mathematics educator, the second African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree in the U.S.
Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus (1296–1316), the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife
Marjorie Cameron (1922–1995), an artist, occultist, actress, and wife of rocket pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons
Marjorie Harris Carr (1915–1998), an American conservationist
Marjorie Constance Caserio (born 1929), an American chemist
Marjorie Sewell Cautley (1891–1954), an American landscape architect
Marjorie Cevallos (born 1986), Miss World Ecuador 2008, was chosen on March 13, 2008
Marjorie Chibnall, an English historian, medievalist and Latin translator
Marjorie Clapprood (born 1949), a former Massachusetts politician and talk show host
Marjorie Clark (born 1909), a South African former track and field athlete
Marjorie Clarke, Ph.D., is an environmental scientist
Marjorie Cohn, a Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
Marjorie Kowalski Cole (1953–2009), a writer of poetry, short stories and novels
Marjorie Cottle, a leading motorcycle sports rider
Marjorie Cotton (1913–2003), the first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales, Australia
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907–2004), the South African museum official who in 1938 publicised the existence of the coelacanth
Marjorie Cox Crawford, a female tennis player from Australia
Marjorie Critten, Miss Missouri in 1958
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board of the Susan B. Anthony List
Marjorie Daw (actress) (1902–1979), an American film actress of the silent era
Marjorie de Sousa (born 1980), a Venezuelan model and actress
Marjorie Dean, the protagonist and eponymous character of series of books for girls, written by Josephine Chase
Marjorie Deanne (1917–1994), an American film actress
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin (born 1922), Professor Emeritus in English at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York
Marjorie Dodd, an important amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century
Marjorie Dunn, a British horn player who performed with the Michael Nyman Band from 1991–1994
Marjorie Estiano (born 1982), a Brazilian popular actress and singer who rose to prominence in 2004
Marjorie Evasco (born 1953), an award-winning Filipino poet
Marjorie Eyre (1897–1987), an English opera singer
Marjorie Fielding (1892–1956), a British stage and film actress
Marjorie Flack (1897–1958), an award-winning artist and writer of children's picture books
Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811), a child writer and poet, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Marjorie Franklin, a conceptual artist and a Professor of Conceptual Art at University of Minnesota in the U.S.A.
Marjorie Garber (born 1944), a professor at Harvard University and the author of a wide variety of books
Marjorie Gateson (1891–1977), a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s
Marjorie Gestring (1922–1992), a competitive springboard diver from the United States and the youngest ever Olympic gold medallist
Marjorie Gordon (1893–1983), an English actress and singer
Marjorie Graves (1884–1961), a British civil servant, Conservative politician and writer
Marjorie Grene (1910–2009), an American philosopher
Marjorie Griffin, a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1946
Marjorie Gross (1956–1996), a television writer and producer
Marjorie Gubelmann (born 1969), owner and CEO of Vie Luxe International
Marjorie Guthrie (1917–1983), for a time the wife of folk musician Woody Guthrie
Marjorie Halpin (1937–2000), a U.S.-Canadian anthropologist
Marjorie Harris BA (born 1937), a Canadian non-fiction writer
Marjorie Hall Harrison (born 1915), British astronomer
Marjorie Heins, an activist, writer, and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project
Marjorie Henzell, (born 1948), Australian politician
Marjorie Hill (died 1909), one of the original nine of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's twenty founders at Howard University
Marjorie Holt (born 1920), a Republican, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented Maryland's 4th congressional district
Marjorie Hughes, a singer in the Frankie Carle Orchrestra
Marjorie Hume (1900–1976), an English film actress
Marjorie Husted (1892–1986), a home economist who helped develop the brand character Betty Crocker
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born 1931), a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete
Marjorie Johnson, the "Blue Ribbon Baker", is a popular baker from Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Marjorie Joyner (1896–1994), African American inventor and businesswoman
Marjorie Kane (1909–1992), an American film actress
Marjorie Keller (1950–1994), an experimental filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, wife of P. Adams Sitney
Marjorie B. Kellogg, American writer, author of Dragon Quartet
Marjorie Kellogg (1922–2005), an American author born in Santa Barbara, California
Marjorie Lane, an American singer and Broadway performer of the 1920s and 1930s
Marjorie Lawrence CBE (1907–1979), an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas
Marjorie Lewty (1906–2002), a popular writer of over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999
Marjorie Linton (1917–1994), a Canadian backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
Marjorie Liu, a New York Times best-selling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels and comic books
Marjorie Lord (1918–2015), an American television and film actress
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), an English/Kenyan novelist, essayist and poet
Marjorie Main (1890–1975), an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (born 1942), an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and a women's right activist
Marjorie Matthews (1916–1986), an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church
Marjorie Maxse (1891–1975), a political organiser and the first female chief organization officer of the Conservative Party
Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin (1903–1997), an important American puppeteer and authority on the puppet theater
Marjorie Merryman (born 1951), an American composer, author, and music educator
Marjorie Mikasen (born 1959), an abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter working in Lincoln, Nebraska
Marjorie Monaghan, an American actress born in California but raised in Ohio
Marjorie Montgomery (born 1912), a child dancer and actress
Marjorie Morgan (1915–2007), a Canadian writer and author
Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894–1981), daughter of Charles Butler Nicolson, editor-in-chief of the Detroit Free Press during World War I
Marjorie Noël (1945–2000), a French pop singer, represented Monaco in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest
Marjorie Oelrichs (1908–1937), nicknamed "Bubbles", was an American socialite
Marjorie Okell (1908–2009), an international track and field athlete from Great Britain
Marjorie Ozanne (1897–1973), wrote stories in Guernesiais, published in the Guernsey Evening Press between 1949 and 1965
Marjorie Parker, DBE (died 1991), an Australian civic and political activist, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1977
Marjorie Perloff (born 1931), an Austrian-born U.S. poetry critic
Marjorie Pickthall (1883–1922), a Canadian writer who was born in England but lived in Canada from the time she was seven
Marjorie Pizer (born 1920), an Australian poet
Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973), a leading American socialite and the founder of General Foods, Inc.
Marjorie Pratt, Countess of Brecknock DBE, JP (died 1989), a British peeress
Marjorie Priceman (born 1958), the author and/or illustrator of over 30 picture books for children
Marjorie Proops (1911–1996), an agony aunt in the United Kingdom, writing the column Dear Marje for the Daily Mirror newspaper
Marjorie Quennell (1884–1972), a British historian, illustrator and museum curator
Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), an American film and stage actress
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953), an American author who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings
Robert and Marjorie Rawlins, American philanthropists and patrons of the arts, particularly music
Marjorie Rendell (born 1947), a federal judge and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania
Marjorie Reynolds (1917–1997), an American film actress
Marjorie Rhodes (1897–1979), a British actress
Marjorie Rice (born 1923), an American homemaker most famous for her discoveries in geometry
Marjorie Newell Robb (1889–1992), one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
Marjorie Scardino, DBE, FRSA (born 1947), the CEO of Pearson PLC.
Marjorie Schwarzer (born 1957), an American museum writer and educator
Marjorie W. Sharmat (born 1928), an American children's writer
Marjorie Shostak (1945–1996), an American anthropologist
Marjorie Sinclair, Baroness Pentland (1880–1970), the daughter of Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon
Marjorie Parker Smith (1917–2009), an American champion ice skater in dance and figure skating competitions
Marjorie Spock (1904–2008), an environmentalist, author and poet who influenced Rachel Carson's writing of Silent Spring
Marjorie Strider (born 1934), an American painter, sculptor and performance artist
Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki (born 1933), an author and United Methodist professor emerita of theology at Claremont School of Theology
Marjorie Sweeting, a geomorphologist specialising in karst phenomena
Marjorie Lynette Sigley (1928–1997), a British artist, writer, actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and television producer
Marjorie Tallchief (born 1927), a ballerina of the Osage Nation
Marjorie Thomas (1923–2008), an English opera and oratorio singer for almost three decades
Marjorie Thompson, vice-chair and chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament between 1983 and 1993
Marjorie Tipping MBE (1917–2009), an Australian historian and patron of community services
Marjorie Torrey (born 1899), an illustrator and winner of two Caldecott Honor books in 1946 and 1947
Marjorie Tuite (1922–1986), a New York City-born and reared Dominican nun
Marjorie R. Turnbull (born 1940), served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida
Marjorie van Vliet (1923–1990), a teacher from Warwick, Rhode Island in the United States
Marjorie Vincent, a former journalist and beauty contestant who was crowned Miss America 1991
Marjorie Wallace (born 1954), a former United States model later turned television presenter
Marjorie Wallace (SANE) CBE (Countess Skarbek) (born 1945), a British writer, broadcaster and investigative journalist, chief executive of SANE
Marjorie Weaver (1913–1994), an American film actress of the 1930s through the early 1950s
Marjorie Welish (born 1944), an American poet, artist, and art critic
Marjorie Westbury (1905–1989), an English radio actress and singer
Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay, an American historian and university professor at Randolph College
Marjorie Whitaker (1895–1976), (pseudonym Malachi Whitaker), an English writer noted for her short stories and an autobiography
Marjorie White (1904–1935), a Canadian-born actress of stage and film
Marjorie Williams (1958–2005), a writer, reporter, and columnist for Vanity Fair and The Washington Post
Marjorie Williamson (1913–2002), a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator
Marjorie Willison, an author of books on gardening and a radio personality who answers gardeners' questions
Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900–1976), an American author of novels and short stories
Marjorie Yang (born 1952), a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Marjorie Yates (born 1941), a British actress most famous for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless

See also