Marie as a first name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'd think it's easy to say, but I can't tell you how many times I've heard people pronounce it MAR-ee. And yes, I'm talking about the spelling Marie. It's a lovely name, but ANYTHING can be butchered.

I have never heard anybody in the US pronounce Marie as MAR-ee. Never.

I did know a Mari, whose name was pronounced MAR-ee.

[Anonymous]

Great name--go for it!

[Anonymous]

I think it's pretty and classic. And it feels unusual, just because it's not used as often anymore.

My daughter's middle name is Marie, and I'm sure everyone thinks it's a "throwaway" middle name, but it's actually honoring a family member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'd think it's easy to say, but I can't tell you how many times I've heard people pronounce it MAR-ee. And yes, I'm talking about the spelling Marie. It's a lovely name, but ANYTHING can be butchered.

That's because it is pronounced that way in different languages.

You are too smart, aren't you? I was talking about people for whom English is a first (and most likely, only) language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty and classic. And it feels unusual, just because it's not used as often anymore.

My daughter's middle name is Marie, and I'm sure everyone thinks it's a "throwaway" middle name, but it's actually honoring a family member.

My grandmother is Maria, and I don't seem to ever hear it on little kids, if I were having a girl I'd strongly consider it because it is simply yet pretty and reflects our language of origin (which it does for several languages I suppose) and also my grandma rocks my socks.

[Anonymous]

I like it as a first name. There were several names we liked that sounded like our cat's name and we had to eliminate them, we just couldn't do it.

[Anonymous]

What's your pet's name??

[Anonymous]

We have friends who just used this name and I thought it was a nice option. A common name that you don't hear often.

[Anonymous]

My MIL's name. Lovely. If we'd had another girl, we would have used it for a middle name without a second thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'd think it's easy to say, but I can't tell you how many times I've heard people pronounce it MAR-ee. And yes, I'm talking about the spelling Marie. It's a lovely name, but ANYTHING can be butchered.

That's because it is pronounced that way in different languages.

You are too smart, aren't you? I was talking about people for whom English is a first (and most likely, only) language.