Message: "Re: Maria" - Behind the Name

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Re: Maria

by Anthroponomastics

8/21/2009, 4:32 PM

I don't like Marie very much either. It's the kind of name most people put on a dump cart for middle names, along with Renee.
I love Mary, and I like Maria, if used as a German name.
Out of your combos, I only like Maria Catherine.
Personally I think that when people use Maria, they should go for a German combo (unless of course they're Hispanic or Italian). My favorite combos are...
Maria Theresa/Theresia
Maria Magdalena (this is the one I would use)
Maria Margarethe
Anna Maria
Maria Augusta
Henrike Maria
Frederike Maria
Maria Frederike
Henriette/Henrietta Maria
Maria Wilhelmina
Caroline Maria

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- Circus Lullaby +5

8/21/2009, 4:47 PM

Ah I'm Italian

But Maria is a variation used in many many more languages than those three. I don't like German names much, I think of Latin when I think of Maria actually. Part of what I like Maria is that it can be quite universal.

I like:

Maria Theresa/Theresia
Maria Magdalena (I'd use this too)
Anna Maria
Maria Augusta (Not a huge fan of Augusta. I do like Maria Augustine though)

- Anthroponomastics +4

8/21/2009, 5:34 PM

Yeah, I like Maria in the Latin context too...that's the only other way I like it, really.
In that case, I also like Maria Antonia.

This message was edited 8/21/2009, 5:34 PM

- Capucine +3

8/21/2009, 5:38 PM

Which is also a quite traditional Southern German name. ;-)
Make it Maria Antonie and it's even more traditional (and quite dated)

Sorry, I went off-topic here.

- Anthroponomastics +2

8/22/2009, 4:51 AM

Maybe, and as much as I like traditional and dated, Maria Antonie doesnt flow as well.

- blaaarg +1

8/22/2009, 7:10 AM

Antonie is pronounced almost the same as Antonia, if you say it in German.

- Anthroponomastics

8/24/2009, 8:10 AM

Yeah, but still...Antonia would look better in America, and although I am very proud of my German heritage, I don't want a feminine name that in English looks like a weird variant of Anthony or Antony.

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