English

Proper noun

Marie

1. A female given name.
   • 1380s, Wycliffe version of the Bible, Matthew 1:18:

     Whanne Marie, the modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, bifore thei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of the Hooli Goost in the wombe.

   • 1993, Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Asta's Book (ISBN 0517587963), 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• aimer, armie, Maire, ramie

Czech

Proper noun

Marie f

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.
2. Mary (biblical figure)

Danish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Maria. Cognate with English Mary.

Proper noun

Marie c

1. A female given name.

References

• 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

Proper noun

Marie f

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.

French

Proper noun

Marie f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. A female given name, cognate to 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.

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• aimer
• maire

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʀiː/

Proper noun

Marie f

1. A female given name, a German variant of Maria, or borrowed from French.

Latin

Noun

Marie

1. vocative singular of Marius

Mirandese

Proper noun

Marie f

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.

Norman

Proper noun

Marie f

1. Mary (biblical character)
2. A female given name.

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 82-521-4483-7
• 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 cognate to Mary in Modern English

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Mari

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Marie

1. A female given name.
   • 2004 Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, ISBN 9151843161, 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.

Usage notes

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

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.

French

Verb

marie

1. first-person singular present indicative of marier
2. third-person singular present indicative of marier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of marier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of marier
5. second-person singular imperative of marier

   Marie cet homme ! - Marry that man!

Anagrams

• aimer, maire