Mariette?

[LuciaRose]

Just wondered what you thought of the name Mariette? I am thinkign about Mariette Lucy or Lucy Mariette...

It makes me think of 'marionette'and I'm not sure the puppet association is a good one...?

Not mad keen, sorry.

I like it actually....prefer Marielle tho

Not bad, first impression is quite favourable. I also prefer Marielle though.

I think Marietta Lucy or Marie Lucy would go better. You can then do Mariette from Marie.

I think it is pretty. Also like Marianne.

It's sweet! I prefer it to all the alternatives here. Makes me think of the Darling Buds of May... wasn't that Catherine Zeta Jones's character?

It was a name made up by Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May - she said she thought Marie Antoinette was a bit of a mouthful so she shortened it to Mariette

Like it, esp Dutch version Mariet

Never heard of a Mariet. Plenty of Mias, Miekes, Marijkes - all diminutives of Maria.

I used to work with a Marjetta which I assume is the finnish version.

I first heard of it when I heard the Dutch name, Mariet, but then also heard it on the Darling Buds of May and have also heard Mariette used in France. Marielle is also lovely, but does remind me a bit of Marilyn.

Thanks!

don't like it much,,,,, but tweak it slightly, Marianne and that is very classy

I also like Maribel, quite spanish sounding.

Makes me think Marriot Hotels, sorry!

It's very pretty

Maribel is a popular Puerto Rican name. Mariel is lovely, imo, and Marianne also. Mariette I don't like so much -- I also think of the hotels.

Scary puppets....sorry.

My mum's called Marietta - a contraction of marie antoinette (long story behind how she ended up with that name ). I love it but it's unusual and she gets misspellings and mispronunciations all the time, even from family and friends, which is annoying . Still, I do love it. I've also come across it in Spanish speaking countries as a form of Maria...

I like it, i suppose marionette sort of came to mind but that's nice like a doll. Anyway Jacob makes me think of crackers. It's not such a negative association.

I prefer Mariette Lucy to Lucy Mariette.

I like Marietta but himself vetoed it as I am a Marie-Anne and he said it was too similar.

I know a lovely Marietta, known as Etta. The A on the end softens it a lot imo. Not quite so keen on Mariette

Makes me think of puppet too, I'm afraid. Prefer Marianne or Harriet

It's the name of the girl in Darling Buds of May, if I recall correctly. Quite sweet, but I too think of the puppet.

Lovely name, go for it if you like it.

You might want to bear in mind though that she'll forever be asked to spell it, so it might be best to avoid if you have a surname that needs spelling too! [bitter experience emoticon]