Marianne

[daisydoo85]

Thoughts on this name?
Also like Florence.
Thanks.

I like this a lot, it was on our short list. Only thing that put me off was the idea of people pronouncing it Marian or Mary-Ann - no idea if that would happen though.

My niece is Marianne - I've never heard anyone in her family shorten it, but I'd guess her friends called her Maz when she was a teenager.

Another liker of Marianne. I like Vivian too which I think has a similar vibe. I don't like Florence at all though.

love itit was on my shortlist for ds if he had been dd it is also a beauiful song by the sisters of mercy that we had as our first dance at our wedding in 1987 apologies or awfl post but im mning from my tv and i cant do paragrahs

Nadia - he thinks it's 'two names spliced together'. Which I guess technically it is, but a) I don't know why that's a bad thing, and b) it's been in use for centuries as a name in its own right and I think qualifies as "about as classic as it gets" by now! I got nowhere when DD was born though, and now we're expecting DC2 and I can't seem to get it anywhere near the list.
Funnily enough he does like Florence! Which I do like, but not enough to use myself. Sigh...

Marianne was my number 1 name too, but DH also vetoed it. Because "people will think Mary-Ann or Maid Marian". Grrr.

Like Vivienne too. But Marianne still top choice
I don't worry too much about it being mispronounced as people do that with the simplest names, don't they?

Cru Cru wait, you don't pronounce Marianne Mary Ann? How does one say it then?

Like "Marry Ann"
I would anyways

One of my favourite friends (Danish) is Marianne. She's a beautiful person and the name suits her perfectly.

An added bonus is that I don't think it can be shortened. Wonderful.

...my friend is sort of Marry -ann - a (sort of a short a, e sound). Very beautiful person and beautiful name.

Love Marianne. Marianne with Florence as mn is v sweet.

Really like it.

I can't hear the difference between Mary Ann and Marianne but maybe b/c I am hearing them in an American accent. But I do like Marianne a lot.

Whereas Marian has the accent over the Mare part and the an part is almost like an un sound.

Yes it's probably an accent thing. With my accent (South London) the difference is Mary Anne = Mairee Anne
Marianne = Marryanne.

But they may both be pronouced the same with an American accent.

In fact I have a vague memory of my mum telling me as a child that Americans pronounce Marianne as Mary Anne!

For me Marian = Mah rian

Oh that's funny! It sounds like it is partly maybe an issue of how long one stops between Mary/Mari and Ann/Anne.

Never thought of Marian as a Mah sound.

Like it a lot.

Lots of references. The French revolutionary symbol, with statue in every village still (many modelled on Brigitte Bardot) is one. Another glam sixties reference being Marianne Faithful (who is really clever and interesting). She's probably to most prominent living Marianne I can think of.

So much nicer than Marion (a la Robin Hood, or just rather suburbanly dull) and Mary-Ann (us that really used much?)

KeatsiePie, have you never seen a film of Robin Hood? Maid Mah-ri-un. Mair-ee is a totally different sound, 'air' rather than the 'ah' of Marian or Marianne. Anyway...

lottie I'm trying to remember now! I say Maid Mareyunn in my head when I think of Robin Hood. Hmm. I remember the one with Christian Slater vaguely but did they really not say Mareyunn?

KeatsiePie - It's funny you should mention that because I have a CD of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. One of the songs is called 'Marianne' and when I hear it I always wonder why they are singing 'Mary Anne' and not 'Marianne'.

Marianne is a French name originally (I think) and I'm sure the 'marry-anne' pronunciation is closer to how they'd say it in French. Or would you say you were going to church to get mary -ed?

I have a little Marianne and she's GORGEOUS!!

Gorgeous! I don't think I've ever met a Marianne in RL