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What's your take on the name Maria?

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DateOfThe1stFIRST · 19/02/2024 13:01

I go back and forth on this. I love it and want to use it, then I lose interest.

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Odile13 · 19/02/2024 19:03

I like it, simple and pretty.

Grazyna80 · 19/02/2024 19:02

My name is Maria, it’s alright, but people keep singing at me all the time.

ChanelNo19EDT · 19/02/2024 18:53

I like it. I also prefer Marielle and Marianne, but nothing wrong with Maria.

fightingthedogforadonut · 19/02/2024 18:52

I prefer Marianne or Mary tbh

TheWildWest · 19/02/2024 18:50

Pia is also pretty.

MillshakePickle · 19/02/2024 18:49

I know a 4 Yr old Maria and a new baby Maria. I think it's a very sweet name both girls suit the name beautifully.

Marianna, Marianne feel far too American

elp30 · 19/02/2024 18:47

I'm Hispanic and my mother and all of her five sisters/ my aunts are all named Maria and a second name. Strangely, my mother wasn't the oldest but was the only one who was known solely as Maria or Mary without her second name of Elena.

As for my opinion of the name, I love it. I find it very beautiful and a classic name. I'm also partial to Mary.

FayCarew · 19/02/2024 17:16

I like it

DesertSnow · 19/02/2024 17:15

Works really well internationally

Fraaahnces · 19/02/2024 16:56

🎼🎶No One Can Solve a Problem Like Maria…🎶

Disappointed Julie Andrews GIF by The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

Fraaahnces · 19/02/2024 16:54

No one can solve a problem like Maria…

BoleynMemories13 · 19/02/2024 16:53

I would assume you're Catholic tbh. Not that there's anything wrong with that, just something to consider if you're not religious.

The only children I know with this name are from Spanish or Romanian backgrounds (obviously you don't state your own background but I'm just pointing out my own personal experience of the name these days). Although it's in the top 100 in England and Wales, I often assume this to be because of it's International appeal (ie it's a name which can reflect a child's heritage whilst still being very recognisable and easy to spell/pronounce in Britain). It doesn't seem very popular at all among native Brits these days.

lostwithoutpronouns · 19/02/2024 15:40

Mary, Marie, Mariah are also nice options

LBFseBrom · 19/02/2024 15:30

I think it's a beautiful name and always have. It's timeless and classic.

SplodgeOfCustard · 19/02/2024 15:12

I think it's a beautiful name.

Westwindworries · 19/02/2024 15:01

I know a small Maria, whose Muslim parents picked it because it works in both their language and English.

Notellinganyone · 19/02/2024 14:55

FloofCloud · 19/02/2024 13:22

Sorry but it's a bit dull. Mariella is nicer IMO

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WhatATimeToBeAlive · 19/02/2024 14:51

I like Maria. And as we keep being told "the older names are coming back". But it won't be as common as all of the other names.

Natsku · 19/02/2024 14:49

Timeless and international, easy to spell and pronounce which is why I picked it for DD (at first thought that is, I have since realised that Brits pronounce it differently from Finns which means half my family pronounce DD's name wrong!)

LoveAHamSandwhich · 19/02/2024 14:30

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 19/02/2024 13:34

OP asked for opinions and this is mine so not sure why this has seemingly bothered you so much. 🤨

When we chose our DC’s names, we went for ones that suited both children and adults. Everyone is entitled to their own methods of choosing names.

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It didn't bother me at all 🤨

user1492757084 · 19/02/2024 14:23

I prefer Marie MAH-ri and Mary MAIR-ri

Maria Muh-REE-uh and Maree Muh-REE don't sound as nice to my ear.

Onelife2024 · 19/02/2024 14:15

Maria is lovely - a pretty, simple, underused classic.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 19/02/2024 13:34

LoveAHamSandwhich · 19/02/2024 13:28

Well it won't be a child's name for most of their life, will it?!

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OP asked for opinions and this is mine so not sure why this has seemingly bothered you so much. 🤨

When we chose our DC’s names, we went for ones that suited both children and adults. Everyone is entitled to their own methods of choosing names.

HemlockSoup · 19/02/2024 13:29

VeryViolentSnail · 19/02/2024 13:25

It's #1 worldwide.