Marianne?

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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.

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

Because Mary-Anne is the common pronunciation and the other one is a little precious/affected.

[Anonymous]

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

I adore the way they say it with an Irish accent in Normal People.

[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.

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

Then they should go with Mara.

[Anonymous]

I like it. Also like Marielle (pronounced Mah-ri-Elle)

[Anonymous]

Friend named daughter this… after both grandmothers - Marie & Anne

We call her “Mare”.

[Anonymous]

So long, Marianne is stuck in my head now

It’s a pretty name.

If you live in the US, people will definitely pronounce it Mary-Anne and not mah-ri-Anne so don’t pick it if that bothers you.

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I think it’s beautiful!!!

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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….

NP

Originality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. My mom (whose name was common for her generation) gave me an unusual, “original” name. People don’t know how to pronounce it or spell it. Even when I spell it out for them (which I have to do for every business interaction), they tend to get it wrong, sometimes changing my name completely to any one of several more common names. My medical and pharmacy records have been lost multiple times over the years.

Parents who prioritize originality need to remember thar their child is going to have to actively use that name every day of their hopefully long lives. If you give them a name that has to be explained, they will have to explain it to every person they meet. Imagine repeating the same script thousands of times to try and minimize the confusion that will still result from your original name.

FWIW, I gave my kids extremely conventional names that leant themselves to a variety of nicknames in case they wanted something a little different.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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….

NP

Originality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. My mom (whose name was common for her generation) gave me an unusual, “original” name. People don’t know how to pronounce it or spell it. Even when I spell it out for them (which I have to do for every business interaction), they tend to get it wrong, sometimes changing my name completely to any one of several more common names. My medical and pharmacy records have been lost multiple times over the years.

Parents who prioritize originality need to remember thar their child is going to have to actively use that name every day of their hopefully long lives. If you give them a name that has to be explained, they will have to explain it to every person they meet. Imagine repeating the same script thousands of times to try and minimize the confusion that will still result from your original name.

FWIW, I gave my kids extremely conventional names that leant themselves to a variety of nicknames in case they wanted something a little different.

Similar experience. None of my children have super common names, but they are phonetic for the most part. Their names are along the lines of Anna, Zara, and Ella.