Why is marie a common middle name

It feels to me sort of like choosing the default option, like not bothering to actually think. I realize that that sounds really harsh. No one in my whole extended family has it as a middle name. So for a long time as a name-obsessed teen and even in my early 20s, I found it fascinatingly pretty and thought I was doing something really interesting by considering it.

You can laugh if you want. I have never met another girl who had my middle name. I thank my parents daily that they decided to end that tradition with me.

What IS it with Marie?? Girl Baby Names. Just like first names, middle names wax and wane in popularity. Some people choose their kid's middle name to honor a loved one or even a favorite author or musician; others make their pick with the resulting initials in mind; still others are drawn to a middle name based on how many syllables it has and how well it flows with the first and last. But there's one middle name for girls that never seems to fall entirely out of favor: Marie. So if your kid's middle name is Marie , this one is for you.

Here's the thing: You've definitely known quite a few women with the middle name of Marie in your life, whether or not you realized it of course, your own middle name might be Marie, too. In fact, it's not at all uncommon for a grandmother, mother, and daughter to all have the middle name of Marie, even if their first names are different.

Indeed, "Marie very much feels like one of the most popular middle names ever ," as The Art of Naming put it. The meaning of the name is typically given as "sea of bitterness" or just plain "bitter," so clearly it's not the name's definition that makes it so appealing. Perhaps, the website suggested, the name became widely used with Christians because of the Virgin Mary; there have also been Queens named Marie and Mary.

Then there's the two-syllable rhythm of the name to consider. To make a pretty-sounding combination, most parents would — subconsciously — choose a middle name with one syllable Anne, Jane, Lee, Kate , or else two syllables, with the accent on the second syllable Louise, Marie, Renee, Nicole.

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