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If you know or have a Marianne...

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eryan · 20/04/2012 20:05

...does she constantly get called Marion or Mary Anne?

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Bearcrumble · 28/04/2012 22:26

I have one (a very new one) and the only person to call her Mary-Anne so far is my MIL. Repeatedly.

HoldTouchEngage · 24/04/2012 22:26

I once had a LOVELY and VERY SWEET (slovakian) girl on my team at work called Marianne and her name was NEVER pronounced incorrectly! We worked on a Hotel Reception desk dealing with all sorts of nationalities!

I must admit OH and I have it on a shortlist for if we ever need another Wink

scummymummy · 24/04/2012 19:27

I like the sense and sensibility one! she's a far more likable and adventurous character than Elinor, imo. apparently Jane Austen thought do too and regretted that her plot demanded punishment of the sensibility character.

Pasiphae · 24/04/2012 10:27

I know a grown up one, who never has any problem with people mis-pronouncing it.
And a little Mariamne (Mariamee) way more tricky.
Great name, but not if your French, way to patriotic.

ratspeaker · 24/04/2012 10:06

Over the years I've heard Marion, Mary Ann and in one case Ann Marie
But most people get it right. A gentle correction usually puts it right, ie repeating it correctly when they get it wrong

another famous Marianne en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne

seeker · 23/04/2012 23:26

Oh, not the Sense and Sensibility- she was such a twit!

How about Elinor instead?

DogEared · 23/04/2012 20:27

It's a lovely name. Sense and Sensibility. :)

TinkerMaloo · 23/04/2012 19:42

My daughter is Marianne (19 months) and at least 50% of people call her Mary-Anne... it pissed me off. Even her grandad stresses is wrongly and says MA-rian when it should be mari-ANNE if that makes sense.

I love her name though and I will cope :) (praying for Maz not to turn up though, am pushing for 'em' if anythinhg...)

lisad123 · 22/04/2012 23:23

Grew up with one and she was always Marianne

Clawdy · 22/04/2012 23:20

Leonard Cohen's Marianne,Marianne Faithfull...what's not to like? Lovely name.

WottingerAndWottingerAreDead · 22/04/2012 21:14

don't know any but ooo it's a lovely name

kickingKcurlyC · 22/04/2012 12:56

The one I know is mostly known as Marry.

Frikadellen · 22/04/2012 12:21

I know 2one a grown woman (my friends mother laughs) and one is 4 both pronounced Marianne.. It is a pretty name

startail · 22/04/2012 10:06

All the Marions and Mary's I know are mid-forties or older so I think you shouldn't have much trouble with getting Marianne pronounced correctly.

It's pretty and unusual without being difficult.

GrossePopel · 22/04/2012 10:00

The Marianne I know is frequently called Marion by strangers but she corrects them politely and they get it right the next time.

missingmymarbles · 22/04/2012 09:57

DD's friend's little sister (4 year old) is Marianne, and always gets Marianne. I don't think it is ever wrongly pronounced. And, she is the cutest little thing Grin

EllenParsons · 21/04/2012 21:25

I went to school with one and everyone pronounced it correctly, never seemed to cause any problem.

scummymummy · 21/04/2012 20:11

My daughter is named Marianne and it is almost always pronounced correctly. She has been called Mary-Anne once or twice but the culprits were very nice and eventually cottoned onto their mistake without us pointing it out directly and were v apologetic. They now call her Marianne without fail. Lots of Eastern Europeans seem to like to call her Marianna, for some reason- maybe that's a more common version of the name in their homelands? No one calls her Marion so far. I suspect she will be Maz to mates as a teenager, probably. My boys and their friends seem to get their names truncated to the shortest versions possible! Anyway, I really, really love the name and recommend it.:)

galletti · 21/04/2012 20:00

The one I know is always called Marianne.

mirry2 · 21/04/2012 19:57

Marryanna is lovely as well

PandaNot · 21/04/2012 19:52

Marry-ann

5madthings · 21/04/2012 19:48

dont know of one but my dd is Merryn and people on seeing her name written down sometimes say miriam, or marion or marianne!!! {rolls eyes}

i think marianne is a lovely name, and most people would pronounce it correctly, one would hope!

RustyBear · 21/04/2012 19:44

My niece is Marianne - never heard her being called anything else! Except a few friends call her Macs.

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eryan · 21/04/2012 19:35

Thank you. I think it is a very pretty name, and works in both English and French which is one of our criteria. Just worried about it being pronounced incorrectly.

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Springforward · 21/04/2012 09:13

I know one who goes by Maz, because her dad (dad, for heaven's sake!) kept calling her Marion. Everyone else seemed to get it right though - marry-ann.