Marie is the
Czech,
French,
Dutch and
German form of
Mary. Marie is also the variant of
Maria for
Danish,
English,
Icelandic,
Norwegian, and
Swedish, although Icelandic and sometimes Swedish borrowed it from French, or Norwegian. It is also a name derived from
Mary and
Maria. One of the most common female names in the French language, it is used for French men as well (see below), and is pronounced in the same way as the French word
mari which means
husband. Also a variant of
Mary (Latin)
star of the sea. Earliest English form of the name which was revived in the 19th century, also it is the Danish and Norwegian cognate of Maria due to the pronunciation.