Marie (given name)

Marie
Pronunciation /məˈriː/
Czech: [ˈmarjɛ]
Danish: [mɑˈʁiːə]
German: [maˈʁiː]
French: [maʁi]
Norwegian pronunciation: [mɑˈriːə]
Gender Female, male
Origin
Word/name Czech, French, German
Meaning Beloved, Loved, Renowned or famous, Star of the Sea, Musculine. May also mean: Negation of being bitter, or not the mother, as the word for bitter in French is "amére" and the word for mother in French is "mére" with the letter "a" used as a prefix for negation in the French language.
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. One of the most common female names in the French language, it is used for French men as well (see below), and is 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.

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Female compound given names
Male compound given names