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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[kedinger.livejournal.com]

In my husband's family it used to be that all the women were named Mary ____ and went by their middle name and the men were named Marie _____ and went by their middle name. They are Catholic and I always assumed that was why. Perhaps thats how Marie as a middle name grew in popularity?