Marie Forename
34th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 8,017,245 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Mauritius
Marie Forename Definition:
A female name. French form of Mary (q.v.) sometimes also used in England.
Read More About This ForenameMarie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,480,292 | 1:30 | 2 |
| France | 99% | 1,132,178 | 1:59 | 2 |
| Haiti | 100% | 881,214 | 1:12 | 1 |
| United States | 100% | 584,257 | 1:621 | 119 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 495,064 | 1:44 | 2 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 436,222 | 1:54 | 2 |
| Czechia | 100% | 272,559 | 1:39 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 99% | 195,871 | 1:7 | 1 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 112,397 | 1:101 | 7 |
| Philippines | 99% | 96,604 | 1:1,097 | 222 |
| England | 100% | 93,981 | 1:592 | 136 |
| Belgium | 100% | 88,776 | 1:129 | 6 |
| Burundi | 97% | 81,826 | 1:121 | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 76,058 | 1:242 | 38 |
| Senegal | 100% | 74,058 | 1:197 | 40 |
| Benin | 100% | 68,807 | 1:154 | 1 |
| Canada | 100% | 67,221 | 1:493 | 92 |
| Guinea | 100% | 66,369 | 1:179 | 36 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 64,622 | 1:357 | 38 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 56,870 | 1:1,715 | 311 |
| Germany | 100% | 44,351 | 1:2,180 | 344 |
| Central African Republic | - | 44,099 | 1:102 | 12 |
| Sweden | 100% | 41,972 | 1:235 | 38 |
| Mali | 100% | 33,302 | 1:510 | 94 |
| Congo | 97% | 32,294 | 1:155 | 12 |
| Ireland | 100% | 27,471 | 1:169 | 28 |
| South Africa | 97% | 26,851 | 1:2,031 | 334 |
| Liberia | 99% | 21,135 | 1:209 | 32 |
| Chad | 100% | 17,980 | 1:756 | 86 |
| Gabon | 100% | 17,359 | 1:108 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16,372 | 1:502 | 106 |
| Australia | - | 15,866 | 1:861 | 192 |
| Denmark | - | 15,034 | 1:376 | 96 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 14,208 | 1:499 | 120 |
| Togo | - | 12,115 | 1:598 | 65 |
| Egypt | 100% | 10,757 | 1:8,543 | 844 |
| Norway | 100% | 10,639 | 1:482 | 123 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10,468 | 1:511 | 115 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 9,896 | 1:57 | 3 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,683 | 1:522 | 116 |
| Gambia | - | 8,150 | 1:236 | 51 |
| Morocco | 100% | 8,025 | 1:4,280 | 484 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 7,296 | 1:1,430 | 226 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,221 | 1:29,668 | 2,479 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,900 | 1:2,450 | 476 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6,577 | 1:10,653 | 1,714 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,073 | 1:303 | 66 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Mexico | 99% | 4,384 | 1:28,318 | 1,452 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,214 | 1:6,404 | 731 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,021 | 1:64,154 | 7,772 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,006 | 1:5,192 | 885 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,664 | 1:787 | 202 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,479 | 1:889 | 214 |
| Vanuatu | - | 3,367 | 1:78 | 3 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,290 | 1:2,588 | 320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 2,735 | 1:2,981 | 334 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,414 | 1:1,262 | 255 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Spain | 99% | 2,368 | 1:19,649 | 1,163 |
| Comoros | - | 2,351 | 1:324 | 47 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 2,239 | 1:121 | 8 |
| Israel | 99% | 2,137 | 1:3,932 | 708 |
| India | 83% | 1,986 | 1:611,721 | 46,393 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 1,964 | 1:91 | 3 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,919 | 1:31,820 | 1,081 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,771 | 1:4,038 | 472 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,752 | 1:2,026 | 253 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1,718 | 1:662 | 178 |
| Niger | 97% | 1,690 | 1:11,351 | 1,030 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,626 | 1:78,712 | 3,861 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,581 | 1:112,311 | 6,071 |
| Poland | 94% | 1,555 | 1:24,455 | 819 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,548 | 1:19,510 | 1,666 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1,536 | 1:60 | 1 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1,502 | 1:185 | 11 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,290 | 1:13,265 | 1,360 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 1,285 | 1:11 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 1,269 | 1:23,995 | 2,332 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,204 | 1:9,082 | 569 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,160 | 1:344 | 58 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,100 | 1:144,965 | 8,534 |
| Chile | 98% | 1,085 | 1:16,228 | 976 |
| Portugal | - | 1,042 | 1:9,991 | 620 |
| Malta | - | 1,011 | 1:425 | 93 |
| Saint Martin | - | 998 | 1:36 | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 956 | 1:89 | 19 |
| Suriname | 100% | 921 | 1:600 | 83 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 906 | 1:5,861 | 337 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 895 | 1:174 | 19 |
| Dominica | - | 795 | 1:95 | 19 |
| Kenya | - | 794 | 1:58,321 | 3,760 |
| Peru | 100% | 711 | 1:44,714 | 2,397 |
| Russia | 99% | 694 | 1:207,830 | 3,046 |
| Fiji | - | 691 | 1:1,291 | 328 |
| Finland | 96% | 663 | 1:8,270 | 744 |
| Samoa | - | 639 | 1:305 | 72 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 624 | 1:2,182 | 427 |
| Guam | - | 611 | 1:263 | 25 |
| Ecuador | - | 586 | 1:30,251 | 1,414 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 574 | 1:41,411 | 6,590 |
| Greenland | - | 535 | 1:105 | 9 |
| Algeria | 100% | 533 | 1:71,626 | 2,072 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Uganda | 97% | 449 | 1:91,218 | 4,316 |
| Singapore | 100% | 443 | 1:14,192 | 3,104 |
| Estonia | 100% | 402 | 1:3,272 | 572 |
| China | - | 374 | 1:3,652,556 | 51,262 |
| Belize | 100% | 360 | 1:984 | 194 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 355 | 1:309 | 25 |
| Barbados | - | 321 | 1:903 | 210 |
| Panama | 100% | 293 | 1:13,333 | 1,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 290 | 1:53,186 | 4,555 |
| Guyana | 100% | 288 | 1:2,650 | 519 |
| Colombia | 100% | 287 | 1:166,477 | 4,285 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 276 | 1:126 | 3 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 274 | 1:58,790 | 1,790 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 263 | 1:40,310 | 1,861 |
| Namibia | - | 263 | 1:9,141 | 1,116 |
| Romania | 100% | 219 | 1:91,562 | 4,154 |
| Jersey | 100% | 217 | 1:461 | 106 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Aruba | - | 196 | 1:529 | 72 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Hong Kong | - | 192 | 1:40,379 | 2,441 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 191 | 1:17,946 | 1,042 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 189 | 1:25,227 | 1,542 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 188 | 1:337 | 85 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 186 | 1:22,017 | 1,541 |
| Argentina | 87% | 178 | 1:240,299 | 2,672 |
| Andorra | - | 170 | 1:488 | 80 |
| Oman | - | 169 | 1:24,312 | 1,905 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 157 | 1:1,237,947 | 20,140 |
| Djibouti | - | 152 | 1:6,024 | 596 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 138 | 1:236,402 | 5,636 |
| Monaco | 100% | 135 | 1:285 | 31 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 132 | 1:4,401 | 586 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 128 | 1:777 | 122 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 128 | 1:6,805 | 697 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 120 | 1:60,307 | 2,005 |
| Honduras | 100% | 106 | 1:83,184 | 2,950 |
| Bermuda | - | 103 | 1:629 | 120 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 93 | 1:103 | 31 |
| Zambia | - | 92 | 1:172,335 | 6,428 |
| Brunei | - | 85 | 1:4,936 | 493 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Tunisia | - | 81 | 1:8,357 | 922 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 76 | 1:79,189 | 3,060 |
| South Korea | - | 73 | 1:75,951 | 4,309 |
| Cambodia | 64% | 71 | 1:229,202 | 6,930 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 70 | 1:781 | 155 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 68 | 1:1,641 | 306 |
| American Samoa | - | 63 | 1:886 | 84 |
| Cuba | - | 62 | 1:185,590 | 2,779 |
| Hungary | 100% | 60 | 1:163,196 | 937 |
| Gibraltar | - | 59 | 1:579 | 126 |
| Croatia | 100% | 56 | 1:75,305 | 2,132 |
| Grenada | 100% | 56 | 1:1,931 | 405 |
| Turkey | 100% | 56 | 1:1,389,316 | 11,812 |
| Kosovo | - | 53 | 1:35,122 | 3,085 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Vietnam | 97% | 48 | 1:1,929,648 | 3,126 |
| Iceland | 100% | 47 | 1:7,788 | 785 |
| Lebanon | - | 41 | 1:137,258 | 3,684 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Armenia | 100% | 35 | 1:83,393 | 2,328 |
| Marshall Islands | 92% | 35 | 1:1,464 | 208 |
| Micronesia | - | 34 | 1:3,132 | 400 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 34 | 1:186 | 38 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 34 | 1:1,552,598 | 21,361 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Cape Verde | - | 32 | 1:16,536 | 1,360 |
| Iraq | - | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Georgia | 100% | 27 | 1:138,462 | 4,419 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 26 | 1:510 | 45 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:2,452 | 535 |
| El Salvador | - | 25 | 1:253,671 | 3,211 |
| Kazakhstan | 89% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 25 | 1:98,350 | 2,852 |
| Iran | - | 22 | 1:3,568,039 | 16,388 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:864 | 137 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:2,586 | 511 |
| Syria | - | 18 | 1:1,072,560 | 3,242 |
| Jordan | - | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 14 | 1:3,919 | 735 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Lesotho | 78% | 12 | 1:170,000 | 12,545 |
| Maldives | - | 12 | 1:36,159 | 1,297 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 9 | 1:70,508 | 2,461 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 9 | 1:258 | 46 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Bulgaria | 67% | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 8 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Laos | - | 6 | 1:1,097,809 | 893 |
| North Macedonia | - | 6 | 1:348,460 | 8,117 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Transnistria | 50% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Marié (1,225), Márie (303), Mariê (9), Marië (8), Maríe (4), Mariè (3), Màrie (3), Märie (1) & Marìe (1) are calculated separately.
Marie (247,271) may also be a surname.
Marie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French form of Mary (q.v.) sometimes also used in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Is properly the French form of Maria and therefore the perfect equivalent of our English Mary, but its correct pronunciation (Marë and not, as too often, Máree) is so pleasant as to justify its adoption by the generous-minded Britisher. (See also Mary.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The French form of Mary.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: A companion or mate. French form of Mary.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Meryem (Pronunciation:[mæɾˈjæm]) is a feminine Turkish given name. It is the Turkish form of Maryam, and is the name used in Turkey to refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Meriem is another variant form, found as a given name and surname of North African origin.
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Sample size: 123,664 (2014)
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Marie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marie in the Russian language | ||
| Марие | marie | - |
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