Given name

Ma-ri

“a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful”

Ma-ri is a feminine given name from French. It is used in Vietnamese.

Original FrenchMarie

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ma-ri is a romanization of Marie. In French use, Marie has a related form in Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ma-ri comes from French.

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How it developed

From French Marie.

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Ma-ri’s family of names

In Vietnamese usage, Ma-ri was borrowed from the French form Marie.

Walk Ma-ri’s family in the name graph

Ma-riMa-ri-aMarie

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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