Marianne?

[Anonymous]

I've heard of a few people using Marianne in the US over the last few years. Sally Rooney's popularity hasn't hurt (it is the name of the female character in Normal People).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

Love the name, but agree with others you will mostly get Mary Anne or Marion for the pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

I have a cousin who pronounces her name this way. Her mom studied French in high school and just loved everything French, so she insisted on this pronunciation and that is how everyone always said her name.

[Anonymous]

Beautiful name! Here’s a twist to consider: Maren Anne

[Anonymous]

It is a nice name but sounds better pronounced with an Irish or British accent IMO. I liked it a lot in Normal People.

[Anonymous]

I'm French. For French people, Marianne is the female emblem of the Republic, present on official seals, postage stamps and replicated in bust form on hundreds of monuments and in government buildings. We call her La Marianne - the Marianne, accent on the first syllable, because there is only one. She was inspired by the allegorical woman from this famous painting, La Liberte Guidant Le Peuple by Delacroix (Liberty Guiding the People, during the Second French Revolution of 1830). As you can see, it's a strong image, and the name isn't hugely popular in France, because it's a lot for just one person to carry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does everyone think about Marianne? I recently came across this name and find it very pretty. DH and I like names like Charlotte and Isabelle, but we don't want a top 20 name.

I really like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

Yes, sorry, I am Team Marianne, but I say it Mary Anne.

I went to school with a girl who spelled it Marianne, but no one ever pronounced it your way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Marienne? Kind of a twist and pretty.

It doesn’t need a twist. Good lord. This is how we end up with Khaitelynne.

glad some of you not only have absolutely no originality but also actively put down others who do….

Stop making up names. No one likes them or knows how to pronounce them. They’re never better than the original.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

I am confused. Those are the same pronunciations. Unless you’re talking about saying it with a French accent, which no one in the US will do.

[Anonymous]

Like Gilligan’s Island? No.

[Anonymous]

Love it and much prefer to your other picks, which are overdone.

People unfamiliar with the name may pronounce it Marian, though. As long as you/she don’t mind correcting people occasionally, all good!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

Mary and Anne are two of the most popular names in Christendom, so I don’t see how Marianne is “bold.” But anyway.

I do think you will get a lot of Mary-Anne pronunciations. I get that you want it to be Mah-ri-ANNE as in “Sense in Sensibility,” but keep in mind every time you hear Emma Thompson say that name, she’s not only British, she’s playing a character from the 1800s. You will not get the “running together” sound you are looking for in the United States in 2024. You will get Mary Anne.

I don’t think so. You’ll get the running together. But the first syllable will be pronounced like Mary, not Mah-ri.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

Mary and Anne are two of the most popular names in Christendom, so I don’t see how Marianne is “bold.” But anyway.

I do think you will get a lot of Mary-Anne pronunciations. I get that you want it to be Mah-ri-ANNE as in “Sense in Sensibility,” but keep in mind every time you hear Emma Thompson say that name, she’s not only British, she’s playing a character from the 1800s. You will not get the “running together” sound you are looking for in the United States in 2024. You will get Mary Anne.

I don’t think so. You’ll get the running together. But the first syllable will be pronounced like Mary, not Mah-ri.

Why not like Mah-ri? Names like Lara, Cara, and Ari are pronounced intuitively with the ah sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Happy to hear many of you like the name!! It’s bolder than we prefer, but we have a very common last name so would prefer DD to not be Charlotte S. or Isabelle S.

How would you pronounce Marianne? We’d like to pronounce it mah-ri-ANNE and not like Mary-Anne. Is this intuitive?

Mary and Anne are two of the most popular names in Christendom, so I don’t see how Marianne is “bold.” But anyway.

I do think you will get a lot of Mary-Anne pronunciations. I get that you want it to be Mah-ri-ANNE as in “Sense in Sensibility,” but keep in mind every time you hear Emma Thompson say that name, she’s not only British, she’s playing a character from the 1800s. You will not get the “running together” sound you are looking for in the United States in 2024. You will get Mary Anne.

I don’t think so. You’ll get the running together. But the first syllable will be pronounced like Mary, not Mah-ri.

Why not like Mah-ri? Names like Lara, Cara, and Ari are pronounced intuitively with the ah sound.

Sure, maybe people will, but Mary is so common I think a lot of people will pronounce it that way.