Marie, first name

[yasmi]

What does everyone think of Marie as a first name, is it too dated?

I like it too.

Love it. Such an unusual choice these days.

It's lovely!

I also like it.

My sister is called Marie (Ann-Marie) but everyone calls her Marie, I've never loved it.

My middle name is Marie. I love it. Was considering Maria for unborn but it's a boy so....

It's lovely.

I really like it.

My cousin is a Maria. Love it.

I really don't like it. It always sounds like someone's forgotten the A.

I think it is very dated, tbh.

Beautiful choice

Prefer Maria or Marina, tbh

I like it but I think the confusion over pronunciation might annoy me.

I know quite a few - quite a lot pronounced Ma-REE, but probably an equal number pronounced MA-ree.

Love it when pronounced Ma-REE.

I think it's dated.

It is a pretty name but I can't read it without hearing Elvis-

very unusual as a first name. very generic as a middle name.

I love it.

Gorgeous !

Very pretty

It’s lovely! Overused as a middle name but refreshing as a first name.

It’s really dated imo. It’s like Angela, Diane, Julie, Karen etc.

Maria is slightly better.

Well it was popular in the 60s and 70s, but mainly as a middle name. It shouldn't be discounted just because of that. Your example names are from that era and are apparently to be scorned because of that, but I actually like Julie too, particularly pronounced the French way Because Julie was so common over here especially in the 60s, people just automatically give the 'dated' response. In France, it is classic, like Julia to us. But Julie was used far more than Marie.

To be honest, they are both nicer than quite a few names that are fashionable now, like Constance, Florence, Ivy etc.