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MARIE
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: ma-REE (French), mah-REE (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
French and Czech form of MARIA. A notable bearer of this name was Marie Antoinette, the queen of France who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. Another was Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist who studied radioactivity with her husband Pierre.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Maria (German), Maria, Mary, Maree (English), Mari, Maria (Swedish), Mari, Maria (Norwegian), Mari, Maria (Danish)
DIMINUTIVES: Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Madlenka, Maja, Marika, Máša (Czech), Marianne (German), Mae, Mamie, Marianne, Mariel, Marilyn, Marinda, Marion, May (English), Marianne (Swedish), Marianne (Norwegian), Marianne (Danish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Mayra (American (Hispanic)), Mariam, Maryam (Arabic), Mariam (Armenian), Maria, Miren, Maia (Basque), Mary, Miriam (Biblical), Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek), Miriam (Biblical Hebrew), Maria (Biblical Latin), Mari (Breton), Mariya (Bulgarian), Maria (Catalan), Maria (Corsican), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Croatian), Maria, Marja, Mirjam, Maaike, Manon, Marianne, Marieke, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja (Finnish), Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian), María (Galician), Mariam (Georgian), Maria, Marika (Greek), Malia, Mele (Hawaiian), Miriam (Hebrew), Mariamne (History), Mária, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Maria, Mæja (Icelandic), Maryam (Iranian), Máire, Maura, Moira, Mairenn, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen, Maurine, Moyra (Irish), Maria, Marianna, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Marija (Latvian), Marija (Lithuanian), Marija (Macedonian), Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx), Mere (Maori), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Maria (Occitan), Maria, Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Maria, Mariana, Marianita, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Manya, Maryana, Masha (Russian), Màiri, Maura, Mhairi, Moira, Moyra (Scottish), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja (Serbian), Mária, Maja, Marika (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Slovene), María, Marita (Spanish), Mayra, Maritza (Spanish (Latin American)), Meryem (Turkish), Mariya (Ukrainian), Mair, Mari, Mairwen (Welsh), Mirele (Yiddish)
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