Comments for the name Maree

I know one woman named this, but she prefers people calling her MAH-ree, not Mah-REE. She says she gets both from people, but she stresses the first syllable, whereas I don't know any Marie that does that.

"Maree" looks like an uneducated person's spelling of "Marie"; it's a terrible rending of name that was fine to begin with.

I really like the name taken from the French word for "tide". I agree a little with the person who argued that the spelling of Maree looks "uneducated" - like the plethora of "Khrystel"s and "Braedynn"s and "Kymberlee"s out there. Using Maree as a form of Marie is a little too spelling-creative for me! But I find Marée to be beautiful, so maybe I'm just a big hypocrite! Though I do believe that with the accent over the first e, the pronunciation would be "ma-RAY", not "ma-REE".

I personally like this spelling better, because when you tell someone your name is Marie they don't really have an interesting reaction, but when they see how you spell it, then they are interested. Although I agree it sounds a little trendy or whatever, it's definitely not as ridiculous as Kayte or Krystal. My sister's name is Lillian Maree, and everyone - including me - loves it!

On the album Fly Like an Eagle, by the Steve Miller Band, there's a song called Sweet Maree.

If you're going to spell it the French way, Marée (acute accent over the second "e"), it would be pronounced "mah ray," with equal stress on both syllables.

This is my middle name, though I'm not fond of it; it seems too waifish and petite to me (though Marée strikes me as being a prettier, and exotic, name). But it would be perfect if Maree was used as a forename and paired with a stronger name.

It sounds like an uneducated bimbo who can't spell the name Marie worth a darn. Awful name!

Very common spelling of Marie in Australia.

As someone else has said, this spelling is common in Australia. Perhaps it should be listed as English (Australian and New Zealand).

This awful spelling ruins one of the most beautiful names in the world!