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maREEa; definitely not maRIEa. Very widely used in Afrikaans, where it regularly shortens to Marie, pronounced MAHree, not maREE. It was my MIL's middle name - she died when DH was 5 - and we wanted to use one of her names for a daughter but her fn didn't work for us and we changed Maria to Mary. So, not a top favourite, but in the right context and with a ln that worked, it'd be fine.