Question: what's the meaning of the name mary

title: Mary (name)
text: The name was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root mr `` bitter '' ( cf . myrrh ) , or mry `` rebellious '' . St. Jerome ( writing c. 390 ) , following Eusebius of Caesarea , translates the name as `` drop of the sea '' ( stilla maris in Latin ) , from Hebrew מר mar `` drop '' ( cf . Isaias 40 : 15 ) and ים yam `` sea '' . This translation was subsequently rendered stella maris ( `` star of the sea '' ) due to scribal error , whence Our Lady 's title Star of the Sea . Rashi , an 11th - century Jewish commentator on the Bible , wrote that the name was given to the sister of Moses because of the Egyptians ' harsh treatment of Jews in Egypt . Rashi wrote that the Israelites lived in Egypt for 210 years , including 86 years of cruel enslavement that began at the time Moses ' elder sister was born . Therefore , the girl was called Miriam , because the Egyptians made life bitter ( מַר , mar ) for her people .