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I'm not French nor have an extensive knowledge of it, but I think Mariëtte is a French name. They do use umlauts/trémas/whatever you want to call them on some names, like Gaëlle as you've mentioned, as well as Gwenaëlle and a few more, but I think in your mother's name's case not having the umlaut doesn't make a difference, since -ette is, to my knowledge, always pronounced as ETT. Likewise, I'm pretty sure they pronounce it the same way you do, mah-ree-ETT, with a guttural r.