Maria or Marie?

[VictoriaOKeefe]

What's the Mumsnet collective think of these names?

I shy away from Maria because I am all but certain she'll be hearing "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" (The Sound of Music) and "Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria!" (West Side Story) until she wants to strangle someone.

With Marie, there's the nickname "Baby Marie" as a turn-off

[Mitchy1nge]

I always thought Marie sounded much more sophisticated 1. because French and 2. my name ends in Maria and the serenades I remember from childhood all rhyme with diarrhoea or gonorrhoea. So another lonely vote for Marie.

[MerylStrop]

I'm Maria (must namechange) named after West Side Story.

Gentlemen of a certain age always sing to me in introduction. I rather like it.

[MrsHBaby3]

Definitely Maria, I would use Marie as mn