Given name & surname
Marie
“a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful”
In French use, Marie has a related form in Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Original FrenchMarcel
Meaning & origin
What it means
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
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In French use, Marie is used as a form of Maria. Marie is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 542,270
- 2,193 boys · 540,077 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 12,774 babies
- 2025
- 474
- #618 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 474 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 618 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12,743 in 1920. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (57). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264,225 as a first name in 2020; 3,582 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marie’s family of names
Marie has a diminutive in Marion. Marie shares a linguistic root with Mary. In Norwegian usage, Marie has a related form in Maria.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marie has relatives in 65 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mariavariant · French, Danish
- Maravariant · French
- Mariellediminutive · French
- Mimidiminutive · French
- Manondiminutive · French, gallo
- Mariettediminutive · French
- Maroyevariant · French
- Marichettediminutive · French
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- Maryvariant · Norwegian, Danish
- Mariondiminutive · Portuguese, English
- Mareavariant
- Mathievariant · nrf
- Riediminutive · Dutch, Danish
- Mareevariant · yol, English
- Mmarielikely variant
- Máňadiminutive · Czech
- Mařenkadiminutive · Czech
- Maruškadiminutive · Czech
- Maryšadiminutive · Czech
- Mařídiminutive · Czech
- Mariechendiminutive · German
- Mařenadiminutive · Czech
- Marušdiminutive · Czech
- Mařkadiminutive · Czech
- Mářadiminutive · Czech
- Máničkadiminutive · Czech
- Marietjediminutive · Dutch
- Mossadiminutive · Norwegian
- Mariëllediminutive · Dutch
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 57
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MarcelFrench
- Maryamequivalent
- Maliawls, pln
- MarioEsperanto
- MarthaGerman
- Mariellaequivalent
- Mariborrowing · Greenlandic, Welsh
- Mariamaswb
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- Amarieequivalent
- MilanoItalian
- Mariyaequivalent
- MeryemTurkish
- MaryaCornish
- Martieequivalent
- Mariiaequivalent
- Maurieequivalent
- Mareequivalent
- Maariaborrowing · Greenlandic, Finnish
- Maireequivalent
- MarijaSlovene, Maltese
- Maaripih
- MarjaFinnish
- MirenBasque
- MariekeDutch
- МериRussian
- Ma-riborrowing · Vietnamese
- 茉莉borrowing · Japanese
- MaríaSpanish, Icelandic
- MíriamSpanish
- Mareyecognate · Walloon
- Maaliaborrowing · Greenlandic
- MéxicoSpanish
- МаріяUkrainian
- МаријаSerbian, Macedonian
- МарияRussian, Bulgarian
- МәриямKazakh
- マリーJapanese
- MáriaHungarian, Slovak
- מריםHebrew
- ΜαρίαGreek
- მარიაGeorgian
- მარიამGeorgian
- MairWelsh
- Marièttgallo
- Maiaudgallo
- Mariochgallo
- Móriongallo
- MáireIrish
- MàiriScottish Gaelic
- MaarjaEstonian
- Mawigcf
- 마리아Korean
- МарыяBelarusian
- ՄարիամArmenian
- ماريةArabic
- مريمArabic
- MariënDutch
See also 21
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Marinaalso known as · Czech
- Mikealso known as · Dutch
- Mariettaalso known as · Czech
- Majaalso known as · Czech
- Martinusalso known as · Dutch
- Mášaalso known as · Czech
- Maryvonnesee also
- Marie-Francesee also
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- Máříalso known as · Czech
- Marušaalso known as · Czech
- Mašukaalso known as · Czech
- Marienkaalso known as · Czech
- Marunkaalso known as · Czech
- Marinkaalso known as · Czech
- Márinkaalso known as · Czech
- Mášenkaalso known as · Czech
- Májinkaalso known as · Czech
- Májaalso known as · Czech
- Majkaalso known as · Czech
- Mankaalso known as · Czech
- Mařenečkaalso known as · Czech
People named Marie
- Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
- Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
- Marie von Ebner-EschenbachAustrian writer (1830–1916)
- Marie de' MediciQueen of France (1575-1642); second wife of King Henry IV of France
- Sadi Carnot5th president of France (1837–1894)
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SévignéFrench noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1696)
- Marie de Francemedieval poet1101–1300
- Maria FeodorovnaEmpress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
- Marie DresslerCanadian-American actress (1868-1934)
Characters named Marie: Marie Schrader (the television drama series Breaking Bad).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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