The phenomenon that is Marie

[traezer.livejournal.com]

So, why is it that Marie is everyone's and their mother's middle name? Its so rarely used as a first name. Whenever I meet someone named Marie I think "wait...thats against the rules, what possibly could their middle name be???"

Anywho, thoughts on Marie as a middle and first name? Would you ever give this middle name to your daughter? 

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[supermonkeyfics.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Marie, & when I was in elementary school I liked it much better than my first name (Nicole - another insanely common middle name among my peers. Oh joy). It is a family name, actually - my dad's favorite aunt had the first name Marie, and she died the year before I was born. His mom, who also died before I was born, had the middle name Maria. I probably won't pass the name on since it has such a filler connotation, but I do like the variant Mari.