Marie

See also: marie and marié

English

Etymology

The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ˈɹiː/
• (dated) /ˈmɑ.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Marie (plural Maries)

1. A female given name from Hebrew
   • 1993, Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Asta's Book →ISBN, page 105:

     We are going to call her Marie. For once we are in agreement about something, if for different reasons. I just happen to like the name, it's my second favourite girl's name after Swanhild, it has such a pretty sound. Rasmus, of course, likes it because it can be English and all things English he adores. 'The English can pronounce it,' he says, by which he means they pronounce it "Maar-rie", as in Marie Lloyd whom we've seen on the stage. 'The French can pronounce it too,' I said in my way, 'for what that's worth,' but he doesn't mind what I say at the moment.

Usage notes

• Particularly popular as a middle name in English.

Derived terms

• Sault Ste. Marie

Translations

female given name — see Mary

Anagrams

• Maire, Miera, aimer, armie, ramie, reaim, rimae

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Mary, from French Marie.

Proper noun

Marie

1. a female given name from English [in turn from French, in turn from Hebrew]

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rie

Proper noun

Marie f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
2. Mary (biblical figure)

Declension

Declension of Marie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Marie	Marie
genitive	Marie	Marií
dative	Marii	Mariím
accusative	Marii	Marie
vocative	Marie	Marie
locative	Marii	Mariích
instrumental	Marií	Mariemi

Danish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Maria.

Proper noun

Marie c

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: Maaria, Maalia

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 259 943 females with the given name Marie have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century - the most common female given name in Denmark. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /maːˈri/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Marie f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Related terms

• Maria
• Maaike
• Marieke, Mie, Mieke, mie, mieke
• Marij, Marije, Marijke
• Miriam, Mirjam

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Marie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi/

• Audio ("Pierre Marie")

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Proper noun

Marie f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary. Also a very common part in hyphenated female given names such as Anne-Marie or Marie-Pierre
3. Used as the latter part of hyphenated male given names such as Jean-Marie or Pierre-Marie.

Derived terms

• Jésus, Marie, Joseph
• Vierge Marie

Related terms

• female given names: Manon, Maria, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion

popular female compound names

• Anne-Marie
• Marie-Christine
• Marie-Claire
• Marie-Claude
• Marie-France
• Marie-Françoise
• Marie-Hélène
• Marie-José
• Marie-Laure
• Marie-Louise
• Marie-Madeleine
• Marie-Noëlle
• Marie-Paule
• Marie-Pierre
• Marie-Thérèse

Descendants

• → Danish: Mari, Marie
• → English: Marie
• → Georgian: მერი (meri)
• → German: Marie
• → Norwegian: Mari, Marie
• → Swedish: Mari, Marie
• ⇒ French: Manon (diminutive)
  • → Dutch: Manon
• ⇒ French: Marion (diminutive)
  • → English: Marion, Marian
• ⇒ French: Marise (diminutive)
  • → Dutch: Marijse

Anagrams

• aimer
• maire

German

Etymology

Variant of Maria, or borrowed from French Marie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʁiː/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Marie f

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Mariechen

Noun

Marie f (genitive Marie, no plural)

1. (slang, Austria) money

   Synonym: Zaster

Declension

Declension of Marie [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Marie
genitive	einer	der	Marie
dative	einer	der	Marie
accusative	eine	die	Marie

Further reading

• “Marie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Marie (Geld)” in Duden online
• “name” in Duden online

Latin

Noun

Marie

1. vocative singular of Marius

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmariː(ə)/

Proper noun

Marie

1. Mary (biblical figure)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[2], published c. 1410, Matheu 1:18, page 1r, column 2, lines 11–7 from the bottom; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     Whãne marıe þe modır of ıhũ was ſpouſıd to ıoſeph .· bıfoꝛe þeı camen togıdere . ſche was founden hauynge of þe hoolı gooſt ın þe wombe /

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: Marie, Mary
• Yola: Maree

References

• “Marī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Mirandese

Proper noun

Marie f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Norman

Proper noun

Marie f

1. Mary (biblical character)
2. a female given name from Hebrew

Norwegian

Etymology

Norwegian and Danish variant of Maria, later reinforced by the French Marie.

Proper noun

Marie

1. a female given name

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 350 females with the given name Marie living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1880s, and a smaller peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Old French

Proper noun

Marie f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Descendants

• French: Marie (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ French: Manon (diminutive)
    • → Dutch: Manon
  • ⇒ French: Marise (diminutive)
    • → Dutch: Marijse
• Norman: Marie
• Walloon: Mareye
• → Middle English: Mary
  • English: Mary (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: Mairy
  • ⇒ Middle English: Moll, Molle (lambdacism)
    • English: Molly, Mollie
      • → Irish: Mallaidh
      • → Swedish: Molly
      • ⇒ English: Polly
    • Scots: Mailie
• ⇒ Old French: Marion (diminutive)
  • Middle French: Marion
    • French: Marion
      • → Danish: Marion
      • → German: Marion
      • → Norwegian: Marion
      • → Swedish: Marion
  • → English: Marion, Marian

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Mari

Etymology

From French Marie, less often from Danish or German. First recorded in Sweden in 1695.

Proper noun

Marie c (genitive Maries)

1. a female given name
   • 2004, Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 17:

     Hon visste att hon hade vuxit upp i ett vitt hus, att hennes mor hade döpt henne till Mary och att hennes far hade kallat henne Marie och att hon långt upp i tonåren hade lekt att hon levde två liv, att hon hade ett andra jag som vaknade när hon somnade och somnade nät hon vaknade.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Common part of hyphenated names such as Britt-Marie or Marie-Louise.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 124 668 females with the given name Marie living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.