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Is the association with Mariah Carey too much?
I've been digging it since seeing the movie Pride and Prejudice recently, and hearing it on one of the characters... someone very much NOT an underdressed pop diva. ;)
I had a friend when I was little named Maria (pronounced like Mariah) and that's also a very positive association for me. I'd spell it with the H though, as that always caused her problems. (She was named after the song "They Call the Wind Maria." I don't know why the song is spelled that way though.)
Anyway, any thoughts on the name?
I've been digging it since seeing the movie Pride and Prejudice recently, and hearing it on one of the characters... someone very much NOT an underdressed pop diva. ;)
I had a friend when I was little named Maria (pronounced like Mariah) and that's also a very positive association for me. I'd spell it with the H though, as that always caused her problems. (She was named after the song "They Call the Wind Maria." I don't know why the song is spelled that way though.)
Anyway, any thoughts on the name?
This message was edited 4/2/2007, 12:37 AM
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Nope, I don't think it's too much. It's not like Madonna or Cher. It's about as strong an association as, say, Whitney with W. Houston... it's about as rare, and the singer about as well-known. If I met a young Mariah I would not assume she was named for the singer. I'd think of the song, too, which I heard long before the singer showed up. I like the name a lot.
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I'm not a fan of it, but if I remember correctly, Maria is traditionally pronounced as Mariah in English, and the way most say it now is influenced by the Spanish/Italian/German prn.
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Interesting, I didn't know that.
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