If you know or have a Marianne...

[eryan]

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

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.

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

The one I know is mostly known as Marry.

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

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

Grew up with one and she was always Marianne

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...)

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

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

How about Elinor instead?

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

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.

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.

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

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