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My 3-year-old sister is Maria. What a beautiful and iconic name! It's not too common here in the midwestern US. I just love it.

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I like it, BUT not too much since it is very overused.
Therefore I would choose a different first name and use Maria as the middle name.
The other name shouldn't be too extravagant but classy just like Maria.

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My suggestions:

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Anna/Ana Maria
Isabel/Isabela Maria
Carlota Maria
Catarina Maria
Clarissa Maria
Cloe Maria
Eliana Maria
Emilia Maria
Estela Maria
Felicia Maria
Ines Maria
Joana Maria
Josefina Maria
Leticia Maria
Luisa Maria
Sabina Maria
Sara Maria

I think Maria is beautiful and briefly considered naming our youngest dd Anna Maria. :-) Still, I prefer something a little less common such as Mariella or Marina.

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Combos:

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Maria Alexandra
Maria Christina
Maria Francesca
Maria Juliet
Maria Louisa, Maria Louise
Maria Susanna
Maria Magdalene
Maria Charlotte
Maria Isabel

Maria really does nothing for me and I find it quite boring. I always think of two things when I hear this name and they are both characters from movies! West Side Story and The Sound of Music both have main characters named Maria, so they are my associations. There are plenty of names that would work as a mn with Maria, just depends what you are after.

It bores me to tears, the same way that Mary does. Even though I've known nine to ten girls or women named Mary and not one named Maria, I still find Maria every bit as unimaginative and as big a borefest as Mary, just from knowing it's the Spanish form of Mary. So many more interesting names out there than Mary and Maria. Both seem like what you slap on a kid when you can't be bothered.

I like it! I used to like Marie more, but I've decided Maria is nicer.

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Maria Estela
Maria Melinda
Maria Alexandra
Maria Callista

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? I like Mireio's combos with Zoe and Valentina.

Maria Claire
Maria Elise
Maria Genevieve
Maria Gwen
Maria Gwyneth
Maria Bronwyn
Maria Bryony
Maria Gwendolyn
Maria Margaret
Maria Marguerite
Maria Lillian
Maria Frederica
Maria Helena
Maria Hester
Maria Christine
Maria Lily
Maria Bridget

It's really weird cos I love so so many Mari- names but Maria is just kind of meh. It's really overused here too, so maybe that's why. I just hear it ALL the time...

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So Maria is nice but I way prefer names like:
Mari (mah-ree)
Maren (mah-ren)
Marianne
Mairi (mah-ree)
Marion

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But if I was using Maria I'd probably pair it with...
Maria Aveline
Maria Calanthe
Maria Camille
Maria Celeste (actually, no. Because of the Mary Celeste that wouldn't work)
Maria Estelle
Maria Josephine
Maria Louise
Maria Sarai
Maria Seren
Maria Summer
Maria Skye
Maria Zoe

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It goes with so many things (:

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It is such a pretty name. It is not as popular here in England though.

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Maria Penelope
Maria Katherine
Maria Leatrice
Maria Ingeborg
Maria Cathleen
Maria Grete
Maria Aureole
Maria Amy
Maria Annegret
Maria Nathalie
Maria Edith

I think it's beautiful.

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Maria Charlotte
Maria Christabel
Maria Anna
Maria Isabel
Maria Catherine
Maria Louisa
Maria Matilda
Maria Rosalind
Maria Tamsin
Maria Valentina
Maria Zoe

It's very overused here in Texas, too. That kind of holds me back, though I think it's beautiful, and I love how multicultural it is. Maria also happens to be my mom's second middle name, but she loathes it.

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Maria Alexandra Elizabeth -my mom's name in reverse, and the Maria combo I'd use.
Maria Daphne
Maria Ivy
Maria Hilary
Maria Scarlett

I love the name Maria. I wouldn't have minded naming our daughter that, but my husband hates the name so it was off the table.
Maria Rose
Maria Christina
Maria Dawn
Maria Theresa
Maria Suzanne
Maria Jessica
Maria Beth
Maria Opal