Marie (given name)
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| Marie | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /məˈriː/ Czech: [ˈmarjɛ] Danish: [mɑˈʁiːə] German: [maˈʁiː] French: [maʁi] Norwegian pronunciation: [mɑˈriːə] |
| Gender | Female, male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Czech, French, German |
| Meaning | Beloved, Loved, Renowned or famous, Star of the Sea, Musculine. May also mean: Negation of being bitter, or not the mother, as the word for bitter in French is "amère" and the word for mother in French is "mère" with the letter "a" used as a prefix for negation in the French language. |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Maria, Mary, Mariah |
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Marie is the Czech, French, and German form of Mary. Marie is also the variant of Maria for Danish, English, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, although Icelandic and sometimes Swedish borrowed it from French, or Norwegian. It is also a name derived from Mary and Maria. One of the most common female names in the French language, it is used for French men as well (see below), and is pronounced in the same way as the French word mari which means husband. Also a variant of Mary (Latin) star of the sea. Earliest English form of the name which was revived in the 19th century, also it is the Danish and Norwegian cognate of Maria due to the pronunciation.
It may refer to:
People
People with the given name Marie:
- Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria, who got her head decapitated by guillotine during the French Revolution
- Marie of Edinburgh (1875–1938), Queen Consort of Romania (1914–1927)
- Marie Curie (1867–1934), Polish-French physicist and wife of Pierre Curie
- Marie of Romania (1900–1961), Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922–1934), daughter of Princess Marie of Edinburgh
- Marie Besnier Beauvalot (born c. 1981), French billionaire heiress.
- Marie-Christine Deurbroeck (b. 1957), Belgian long-distance runner
- Marie de France, 12th-century French poet
- Marie de' Medici (1575–1642), Queen consort of France
- Marie Fredriksson (born 1958), Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist
- Marie Helvin (born 1952), Japanese-American supermodel
- Marie Laveau (1801–1881), New Orleans voodoo practitioner
- Marie Lloyd (1870–1922), English Music Hall singer
- Marie Louise Jensen (born 1964), British children's author
- Marie Moore (born 1967), Canadian butterfly swimmer
- Marie Orav (1911–1994), Estonian chess player
- Marie Osmond (born 1959), American entertainer and sister of the Osmond Brothers
- Marie Rasmussen (born 1972), Danish pole vaulter
- Marie Schlei (1919-1983), German politician
- Marie Serneholt (born 1983), Swedish singer/actress/model
- Princess Marie of Denmark (born 1976), Danish Princess, wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
- Marie Jose of Belgium (1906-2001), Belgian princess and last Queen Consort of Italy
People with the surname Marie:
- Jean Gabriel Marie (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
Fictional characters with the name Marie:
- Marie (Onegai), an anime character
- Marie Barone, a fictional character in the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
- Marie Calvet, Megan Calvet Draper's mother in Mad Men
- Marie, the lover of Meursault who is the main character in Albert Camus' novel The Stranger
- Marie, the daughter of Duchess in the 1970 Disney animated feature The Aristocats
- Marie, fictional supporting character in the long-running soap opera EastEnders
- Marie, fictional character in the movie Paulie
- Marie, fictional character in the Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water anime series
- Marie, name attributed to fictional X-Men character Rogue in the films X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand
- Marie Parfacy, real name of the fictional character Soma Peries in the Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Ultrawoman Marie, better known as Mother of Ultra, from the Ultraman Series; true name revealed in the film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend
- Marie Schrader, fictional character played by Betsy Brandt in the television series Breaking Bad. Sister-in-law to main character Walter White.
- Marie Kanker, middle child of the Kanker sisters from Ed, Edd n Eddy.
- Marie, The teenage occupant of the Velvet Room in Persona 4: The Golden
See also
- Maarja
- Mary (given name)
- Máire, the Irish language form of the English language name Mary
- Maria (disambiguation)
- Marié
- Female compound given names
- Marie-Agnès
- Marie-Claire
- Marie-Claude
- Marie-Georges
- Marie-France
- Marie-Françoise
- Marie Louise
- Marie-Madeleine
- Marie-Odile
- Male compound given names
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