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See also (Mary/Maria).
As yet, no pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic examples of the name have been found.
A list of Gaels who were parishioners in Kilmacronak in Muckarne, in the west Highlands, in 1541 included "Mariota fabri".[Ewen, p. 209] But here her name is being recorded in Latin, not Gaelic.
So while this shows that mid-16th century Scottish Gaels were using a name that was recorded in Latin documents as <Mariota>, it does not tell us what the medieval Gaelic form of that name was.
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