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What's a "Magdalene"?

Not just a cute double-name

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Melissa
Jul 09, 2024
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One of my best friends in high school was named Mary Catherine. And I have a distant cousin named Mary Beth. My former boss named her daughter Mary Morgan, which I always thought was really cute. 

Mary Kate Olsen, Mary Lou Retton, Mary J(ane) Blige. We can probably all think of a doesn’t different “Mary” double names. In fact, Mary is the most common sta…

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