Marie? And pronunciation

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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.

I’d o my come across it as Muh-ree until I recently met a Marry.

Both spelt the same, but Marry is a nick name for Maria, rather than the name Marie in it’s own right.

Eh-Lo-Ease
In French it sometimes has accents (an accent Aibu on the E and a trema on the i) but in my experience they’re rarely used, but it’s still pronounced as if the accents were there.

That should be an accent aigu not an accent Aibu

How about Maria instead?! Then there'll be no confusion over the pronunciation. In my area Marie is Muh-Ree.

@Apple23

I was only asking as Maria is my name 😊 and you don't hear it much these days.
I've never had anyone pronounce it wrong but I do get called Marie sometimes 🙄

Ma-ree.

Lovely name.

My sister is marie and all her life people have pronounced it mairi. We are in Scotland. It really winds her up.

I have a friend who's sister is maree, I had never seen that spelling before until I met her.

Love love Maria.

Marie I in North London suburbs would pronounce-

Muh-ree as opposed to Ma-ree so not "Marry".

I have 3 relatives with the name Marie. They all pronounce it differently despite being from the same county.

1. Ma-ree 2)Mar (as in the word march) -ree 3)Marry

I prefer Ma-ree myself and it seems the most popular pronunciation that I've come across.

I like the Marry pronunciation. The welsh name Mari is pronounced like this (albeit with a rolled
R)

That said, round here all the Maries are mu-RER.

Nice name, due a revival imo

I would pronounce it Muh REE but I'm Irish and know plenty of MAA rees.

I pronounce it ma-REE.

I knew a lot of Marie-Othername combos as well as several Maries growing up in Dublin. The Marie-Othernames were MAH-ree (as in Marie-Louise, Marie-Elise, Marie-Estelle).

The standalone Maries were ma-REE, with only one exception who was MAH-ree, and when she moved to London she was constantly correcting people who pronounced her name ma-REE (until she gave up because life is too short).

In short, I think your H is wrong about this.

Marie Eloise is gorgeous imo, to answer your last question.

Sorry typo
Much-REE

Damn muh-REE

When you write Marry, do you mean like Marry Snog Avoid or more like Mahr-ree with a long a?

I know several Maria’s & Marie’s. I’m UK Greek & Maria is popular among the 40s plus. The younger generation is mainly Marie pronounced Muh-ree.

I’m a Marie!

Pronounced Muh Ree - never had any problems with pronunciation from other people.

Mari is a welsh variant-pronounced Marry.

I have known many Maries (all English) over the years. Some pronounce it Marry, some MuREE and some MARee.

When hyphenated or used with another first name, I would always choose to pronounce it Marry (Marie Antoinette, Marie-Therese, Marie-Claire. Otherwise, I would make no assumptions and just ask how to pronounce it if necessary.

Maria is not entirely clear either though. I think most people would say MaREEa, but a few will go for the version in which the middle syllable rhymes with eye.

Usually used for Black Maria, I suspect!

MaREEa, I just met a girl named MaREEa... Most people will pronounce Maria like the song. And I'd think MaREE is more common in the UK.

MAHree. Ma-REE. MArry. I know all three. But the middle one is the one I'd naturally go for.
Re Maria. Mar-EYE-uh is the traditional UK pronunciation - look at any Jane Austen adaptation. But Mar-EE-uh has taken over because it's so common in Spain/Italy, as Catholic countries, and as a name it's less common in the UK. That's why the song from West Side Story is Mar-EE-uh - they are Spanish speakers.

It's my middle name and I pronounce it

Muh-ree

My middle name is Marie and it's pronounced Muh-ree