Do you like Mariana?

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Baby is a girl :) come July I will have a second daughter.

I am still struggling for names. She will have a brother called Edward and a sister called Flora.

haha marinara pizza is traditionally seafood. :)

I don't think it sounds like marijuana.

Anna is too similar to my first name.

I also know a lovely Venezuelan woman called Mariana, she's a dentist.

Mariana is a beautiful name. I've known a couple. One was about 70yrs old so it's definitely not a new name. My dd's friend is called Mariana and loves her name.

I love it, but I think I'd spell it Marianna to ensure it was pronounced correctly, rather than Mari-ahna, like the trench.

I like it. Nice strong name. I know a Marianna. Lovely woman.

I do like it but I'm thinking of all the ways it could be mispronounced and it's making my teeth itch!

My first thought was the famous deepest trench too, and I'm not exactly a geeky scientist, loads of people may make that connection I suppose. Depends if that bothers you or not. It is a pretty name on itsown tho

I love it. It is a real name. I watch an american tv show with a Mariana as one of the central characters. Shes a teenager. But I had heard of it long before that program.

Lovely and Tennysonian. Lots of nice short forms and nicknames.

I had a friend at uni called Marianne, which I thought was pretty. Never thought of it being like Marion...

Yes I do like Mariana. I've not read the other comments so not sure if anyone else has said the same but have you thought about nicknames? I went to school with a Marianne who was Maz (I'm 22) and a Marion I know (over 50) is also Maz. So it's more than likely it would get shortened to Maz at school etc

I think Mariana is pretty. How about Marina?

Very very pretty.

I thought of the Millais painting too. She'd always have to spell it out, but plenty of people with far more common names have to do that too.

It's pretty but it does make me think of pizza and pasta first of all, and it is a bit frilly for me (one too many syllables).

I prefer Marianne...

Mariana is beautiful.