Thoughts on Rosemary/Rosemarie?

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What are thoughts on Rosemary/Rosemarie? Is it nice? Which spelling?

Rosemary
Beautiful name

I love Rosemarie. I hear Rosemary a lot, Rosemarie is not as common. Both pretty though...

I prefer Rosemary.

I'd say them differently too, Rosemary (emphasis only on the Rose) vs Rose-Marie (emphasis on the Rose and the -ie)

I love Rosemary. I don’t like the Rosemarie spelling, and I’d be unsure if to pronounce it Rose-Marie, rather than Rosemary.

Rosemary.

I like it, slight old lady vibes but in a nice way like Ivy. Ensure you like obvious nn of Rose, Rosie, and Mary. Makes me think of Rosemary Schrager who I think is a lovely woman.

I prefer Rosemary. I've never heard it the other way though.

They are pronounced quite differently.

Rosemary has the stress on Rose, Rosemarie has the stress on Marie.

I much prefer Rosemary, with the diminutive Romy.

Rosemary is my name I have hated it all my life and will only be know as rose. However I prefer rose Mary rather than Rosemarie which is how most people pronounce it.

I prefer Rosemary, I like that it's a plant/nature name. Rosemarie has a very different vibe to me, sort of middle-aged country singer. I would pronounce them slightly differently too.

Rosemary

Great Lenny Kravitz song! Definitely Rosemary

Rosemary
I personally don't like the way Rosemarie is pronounced with the emphasis on the ‘Marie’ section

I've always pronounced them both the same way, Rose-Marie, like the herb. But I've heard people pronounce the Mary part of Rosemary like the name Mary, rather than as Marie.

I like the Rose-Marie pronunciation but prefer the Rosemary spelling.

It's a nice name.

Rosemary is lovely

Rosemarie I’d assume was from Knoxville and onto her third husband, she has a heart of gold and a fondness for vodka in her iced tea.

It's a very pretty name but without fail every one I ever met is the sort of kaftan wearing hippy, drinking chamomile tea and offering me vegan chocolate cake. Some kind of nominative determinism or parenting styles or something.

Just makes me think oh the horror film

Rosemary is lovely.

I've no idea why, but I read Rosemary with the emphasis on Rose and Rosemarie with the emphasis on Marie, as though it's 2 separate names, like Rose-Marie...if that makes any difference?

Love it and it was my first choice for dd. Exdh said no.

We will probably have Rosemary as our number 2s middle name, after hubbys nan's name. We are still deciding what to have for a first name. It's a lovely name x

Rosemary- lovely
Rosemarie- looks like a spelling mistake to my eye, though totally accept this could be my ignorance

Rosemary is perfect!

I would pronounce them differently too. Rosemarie sounds lovely, haven’t heard it before. Another alternative is Rosemara.

Rosemary spelling is better

DD is Rosemary. It's a good name. We shorten it to Rose and Romi. We've never had any negative feedback about it, and don't know any other Rosemarys her age (reception age).