Marie? And pronunciation

[cornflowery]

Marie is top of my our list. It's a name that appears in all sides of our families- despite them being from different parts of Europe - which I think is lovely. And I love the name too.
Anyway, DD due any day now. DH said last night that people will pronounce it just like the word "Marry" - which I don't particularly like.

People sometimes mispronounce, or rather just put emphasis on a different part / vowel of my DS name. It doesn't actually bother me too much. But we use a shortened version of his name (which everyone knows how to say) quite a lot - and we can't really do much shortening with the name Marie.

We are thinking of Marie Eloise Lastname, so opinions on that would be nice too.

Is there a region of the UK (or elsewhere) that pronounces it like marry? I've only heard Muh-REE (or Ma-REE) in the UK.

It's pronounced marry in NI (kind of
like the Scots Mairi)

Agree, I only know it as Muh-REE

I’d say it muh-REE as I’ve known two spelt that way.

MA-REE lovely name x

Now im saying it to myself think I meant muh-ree, confused however Frank says it to Marie from everybody loves Raymond 😂

My Irish mother is Marry

@harrietm87 I think that's the accent though? Half of my family are from NI and I liked the way they said it - in the context of their accent iyswim.

Only heard it Murree apart from Marie Claire the magazine and Marie Antionette. Don’t know any Marie under 40 btw.

I would pronounce it Marry but as noted above, I am from Northern Ireland.
If it was a hyphenated name, I would say Marry-Louise but Anne-MuRee.
Go figure

I'm in Scotland and I've only know real-life ones as "Marry". Unless it's hyphenated with Anne-Marie, or Marie Osmond, when I'd say MaREE.

I know a Maree spelling pronounced that way - she said she was named after Loch Maree.

I'm not Irish and have heard it pronounced Marry twice, the more common is mah-ree.

Much prefer Marry myself, I think the other pronunciation a bit plain, possible because it's been overused as a filler middle name during the 80s and 90s.

As part of a hyphenated name I think a pronouncing it Marry is a lot more common (i mean prevalent / likely not common as in "lower class")

Yeah I agree with @AlisonBlunderland - I'd say Anne-Ma-Ree but deffo Marry otherwise, if the person was Irish (I'm Irish too).

If they're not Irish though I'd probably assume it was Ma-Ree rather than Marry.

It's not really an accent thing @cornflowery - it's like it's a different name (Gaelic Mairi as opposed to French Mary).

Unlike the Scottish previous poster I have only ever heard it pronounced Ma-REE in Scotland. Particularly as we have Mhairi pronounced “Marry”.

I’d only say Marry for Marie if it was Marie-Claire.

I think It's only if I saw it as the first part of a hyphenated name - Marie-Rose, for example, that I would say 'marry'. If on its own or in e.g. Anne-Marie, I'd say ma ree. There's no logic to it!

I'm in Ireland and know people who pronounce it both ways.

It's a pretty name and sounds kind of fresh these days. I would say MaREE.

Particularly as we have Mhairi pronounced “Marry”.

The only Mhairi I've ever known pronounced her name 'var-ree'.

I knew someone would bring that up Donkey I vaguely recall reading somewhere that Mhairi is pronounced Varry in the vocative case in Gaelic so when you are addressing the person you’re meant to say Varee but if talking about her you say Marry. I’m sure a Gaelic speaker can explain further.

I’ve known both Marry Mhairis and Varry Mhairis. I think it still stands true that Marry is a very common pronounciation of Mhairi in Scotland ( think of that song we all grow up with, Mhairi’s Wedding) much moreso than a pronounciation of Marie.

I’m Scottish and know women called:

Marie - marry
Mairi - marry
Mhairi - varry
Maree (like the Loch) - Ma-ree

Confusingly (now that I think about it!)

Marie-Claire is Marry-Claire
But Claire-Marie is Claire-Maree

Sorry, that probably doesn’t help at all!

If I met a Marie who introduced herself as Maree I’d go with her pronunciation though.

I’m in NI and have only heard it pronounced ma-ree except when it’s Marie-Rose then it’s Marry-Rose. I work with a Marie who pronounces it as Ma-ree.

I'm also NI and would pronounce Ma-ree

Have you considered Jane instead?

M-uh-Ree (like Much) seems the obvious prononciation, or perhaps Marr-ee (Andrew Marr)