Marianne

[elfride]

How would you pronounce this? Marry-un? Or Marry-Anne? Do you think it's awkward? I'm taking a liking to it.

Marry-Anne. Emphasis on the Anne.

Marian/Marion would be the other pronunciation.

It's fine. Not rocking my world but a fine name. I grew up with a few so it feels a wee bit 80's to me.

Marry-Anne equal emphasis on both. As in the wonderful song.

My friend is called Marianne. It's pronounced Marry Anne. I think it's a lovely name. However she gets called a range of alternatives that drive her batty. Anne Marie and Marion and Maureen

I love the name, it makes me think of Sense and Sensibility. I hate Marion though so that possible mispronounciation would put me off a bit

Marry Anne there can't be many of those these days.

Marry anne. Lovely name. Makes me think of sense and sensibility and the great Leonard Cohen song.

I love this name and had it on my list. I pronounce it Marri Anne. What put me off was the idea of people pronouncing it Mary Anne or Marian.

Lovely name. I know an adult one, only downside is the nn Maz which isn't great imo. I suppose that's not inevitable though.

Absolutely beautiful name. But be aware that Americans (annoyingly) pronounce it exactly the same as Mary Anne. See this song by the Four Seasons:

Or what sounds just like it to British ears. They are wrong of course! It should be 'marry-ANNE'. Anyway, hopefully that shouldn't affect you, so I would go for it.

Marry Ann.

Lovely name.

My mum is called Marianne.

We say it Marry-Anne, it's a lovely name.

I love this name so much but we have already picked a name.

i know someone with the name who pronounces it marry-ann-ay which i think is very pretty

I'm a poor American thick-tongued peasant. I'd say Mary Anne, equal emphasis on both. Mary and Marry are the same sound to me. When you say Marry-Anne does that mean it begins with the MARR sound (as in marred, for instance)? Or like MAH-ry as in mattress?

I think it's beautiful and underused. Mariana is also nice.

marry like you are going to marry someone

you wouldn't say you were going to mary someone would you?

ma-ree

In an American accent you might.

mah- makes a long vowelled mar sound here

marry has a short vowel

Yes, it's mah as in mattress thecaroline. Mah-Ree-Ann.

short 'a' as in 'apple'.

Does 'Mary' rhyme with 'Harry' to you, then, Caroline? (BTW I am sure you're not a thick-tongued peasant!) I am not really saying anyone's wrong, just genuinely interested in linguistic differences.

I know an adult and a toddler Marianne. I don't love them name but I think it's sweet on the toddler and sensible on the adult, so best of both worlds.

Mah-Ree-Anne is how we say my mums name. Equal emphasis on all.

Marry-Anne. I love it. Wanted it for dd1 (huge Austen fan) but it didn't go with dp's surname.

Yes, Mary and Harry rhyme to me. We say Harry like hairy here, and I think that's a reason the name hasn't really taken off in the US.

Mary, Merry, Marry - all the same to me (I'm from the Southeastern US)

gymboywalton - yes, I mean, they're homophones in American English. They sound exactly the same but are spelled differently.

(I think some people from the Northeast do distinguish between Mary/Merry and Marry)