THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Marie
Marie is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Mary.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Mary, from French Marie.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.
A female given name from Hebrew.
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People with the name Marie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Janine Tugonon
Miss Universe-Philippines 2012
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jean Marie Syjuco
Avant-garde artist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
13
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Janine Tugonon, Jean Marie Syjuco
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marie in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Marie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Margie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mari♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Maria♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mariel♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Marife♀Short form of Maria Fermina
- Mario♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Maris♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Mabine·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Marie?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Marie
13 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Ana Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Anna Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Eva Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Farah Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Frances Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jessie Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jose Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lissa Marie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Marie further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q632104 — Marie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Janine Tugonon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q632104 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jean Marie Syjuco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q632104 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marie (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.