I guess I find
Marie to be very boring and common. Unless it's used for double names like
Anne Marie or
Carol Marie or
Claire Marie, etc... Maybe
Lynn Marie?
I'm a little biased against
Marie because I grew up knowing quite a few
Marie's my age and older and they were all not very nice people. All the double name
Marie's I knew were super sweet awesome people. Truly I've liked all the double name people I've met. I know not all
Marie's suck but in my experience all the ones I've gotten to know have. One I knew was a bully and a thief and another was a great aunt who betrayed the entire family for money.
My favorite combo I came up with in the past is
Estelle Marie. It is so fun but sophisticated. I have no plans to use it so if you like it don't feel like you're stealing my combo. ;D
I like
Linnea and
Madeleine. You can't go wrong choosing either of them. Both seem very sophisticated and classy.
Linn or
Linnie could be a nn for both - depending on how you pronounce
Madeleine.
You know I actually meet more
Marie's than I do
Madeleine's for my age group. Just looked at the numbers and for my age group
Marie was more popular than the all
Madeleine spellings combined for my birth year. I was born when
Marie had just started falling in popularity again and the spelling
Madeleine had just started to be in the top 1,000.
Mary and
Maria are more common in my age group than
Marie but I've met more
Marie's my age than
Maria's or
Mary's.
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Ravenna,
Iris, Citrina,
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Arthur,
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