Marie (given name)

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Marie
Pronunciation	/məˈriː/ Czech: [ˈmarjɛ] Danish: [mɑˈʁiːə] German: [maˈʁiː] French: [maʁi] Norwegian pronunciation: [mɑˈriːə]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Czech, French, German
Meaning	Beloved, Loved, Renowned or famous, Star of the Sea, Musculine. May also mean: Bitter.^{[citation needed]}
Other names
Related names	Maria, Mary, Mariah

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Marie is the Czech, French, and German form of Mary. Marie is also the variant of Maria for Danish, English, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, although Icelandic and sometimes Swedish borrowed it from French, or Norwegian. It is also a name derived from Mary and Maria. Although it is one of the most common female names in the French language, it is actually pronounced in the same way as the French word mari which means husband. Also a variant of Mary (Latin) star of the sea. Earliest English form of the name which was revived in the 19th century, also it is the Danish and Norwegian cognate of Maria due to the pronunciation.

It may refer to:

People

People with the given name Marie:

Marie of Edinburgh (1875–1938), Queen Consort of Romania (1914–1927)
Marie of Romania (1900–1961), Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922–1934), daughter of Princess Marie of Edinburgh
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria
Marie Curie (1867–1934), Polish-French physicist and wife of Pierre Curie
Marie-Christine Deurbroeck (b. 1957), Belgian long-distance runner
Marie de France, 12th-century French poet
Marie de' Medici (1575–1642), Queen consort of France
Marie Fredriksson (born 1958), Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist
Marie Helvin (born 1952), Japanese-American supermodel
Marie Laveau (1801–1881), New Orleans voodoo practitioner
Marie Lloyd (1870–1922), English Music Hall singer
Marie Louise Jensen (born 1964), British children's author
Marie Moore (born 1967), Canadian butterfly swimmer
Marie Osmond (born 1959), American entertainer and sister of the Osmond Brothers
Marie Rasmussen (born 1972), Danish pole vaulter
Marie Schlei (1919-1983), German politician
Marie Serneholt (born 1983), Swedish singer/actress/model
Princess Marie of Denmark (born 1976), Danish Princess, wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
Marie Jose of Belgium (1906-2001), Belgian princess and last Queen Consort of Italy

People with the surname Marie:

Jean Gabriel Marie (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with the name Marie:

Marie (Onegai), an anime character
Marie Barone, a fictional character in the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
Marie Calvet, Megan Calvet Draper's mother in Mad Men
Marie, the daughter of Duchess in the 1970 Disney animated feature The Aristocats
Marie, fictional supporting character in the long-running soap opera EastEnders
Marie, fictional character in the movie Paulie
Marie, fictional character in the Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water anime series
Marie, name attributed to fictional X-Men character Rogue in the films X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand
Marie Parfacy, real name of the fictional character Soma Peries in the Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Ultrawoman Marie, better known as Mother of Ultra, from the Ultraman Series; true name revealed in the film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend
Marie Schrader, fictional character played by Betsy Brandt in the television series Breaking Bad. Sister-in-law to main character Walter White.
Marie Kanker, middle child of the Kanker sisters from Ed, Edd n Eddy.

Marie (given name)

People

Fictional characters

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