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I would have loved to use Maria as a fn, but my husband absolutely cannot stand it so we didn't. I tend to like Marie more as a middle name, even though a lot of people think it is a filler mn. (Well, I say the same about Grace and Nicole.) According to the Social Security Administration's list of popular names from way back, Marie has been very popular as a fn. Wonder why it fell off? Probably about the same time it got popular as a middle name. lol

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Still, I think Marie is due for a revival as a fn. Maria seems to have been popular pretty consistently through the years, and with all ethnic groups too, not just Italians and Hispanics. Mari pretty much fits with any last name as long as they don't rhyme or sound too similar.