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spelling for Mary Anne

Mrs.KatieGnowCMrs.KatieGnowC
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I'm not sold on this name yet but want to add it to the list of possibilities.  I would prefer it spelled as a single word (not totally set on that though, we just don't want it to be shortened to Mary), but I'm not crazy about using a hyphen.

Which do you like best?  Any other suggestions?

MaryAnne, Maryanne, Maryann, Marianne

Also, if we used this as a FN would it be weird to also have a MN?

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  • laurynfaerielaurynfaerie member
    Marianne is my grandmother's name. I can't remember if she has a middle name or not.
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  • magsugar13magsugar13 member
    I know a few people with  this name including one of my bf's...they all spell it Maryanne.
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  • plunderbplunderb member

    I like Mary Anne best because it looks simple and clean.

    It would be fine to add a middle name.

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  • abell77abell77 member
    I would go with Marianne, and a middle name with it is fine.
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  • ara_caleara_cale member

    If you want it to be one name I would go with Marianne.  If you're okay with a double name I like Mary Anne, no hyphen.  Either way I think it would be fine to have a middle name, though I think it'll be a little hard to find one that flows well.  

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  • CluckyEVCluckyEV member

    Marianne or Mary Anne

    Not weird to have a mn too.

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  • Brodyrox30Brodyrox30
    I think it's totally up to you. Since there are a hundred ways to spell Mary Anne, I always ask first. I know a Maryann and a Marianne. I like the look of Marianne the best, but I think Maryann or Maryanne might be the way someone would automatically spell it. I would definitely do it as a single name. To me Marianne is different than Mary Anne. I even say Marianne altogether, but with Mary Anne, I leave a pause in the middle for the break in names. I don't think it's weird to have a mn with this as well.
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  • PhilsWife07PhilsWife07 member
    I love Marianne! 
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  • anna7602anna7602 member

    If you really don't want it shortened, I would go for Marianne.

    My parents gave me a double name and it never took. Teachers called me "Anna" at the beginning of the school year and that was that.

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  • purplepolishpurplepolish
    I would do Marianne and a short middle name.
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  • anna7602anna7602 member
    I'm back to add that it would not be weird at all to have a MN. Mariana is one of the names on our short list and we fully intend to use a middle name if we choose this one. My mother's name is Maria Luisa and she has a middle name and I know lots of other Mary/Mari + names (Maribel, Marisol, etc.) that have middle names.
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  • mdsjchmdsjch
    I like Mary Anne or Maryanne.  If it was the second I would do a mn.
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  • erinmserinms member

    I vote Mary Anne and no middle name.

    If you want to use a mn, I would vote Marianne. 

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  • MButcher1003MButcher1003

    I am a Marianne so I am a bit biased. I also like Maryanne. I have never had an issue with people calling me Mary. I have only known one other Marianne in my life and have always been complimented on my name and the spelling. 

    I'm pretty sure I was the only Marianne in my entire high school so I never had issues like the Kristens ;)

    One of the strangest things I find is that people love to sing my name. It seems everyone knows at least one song with my name in it. 

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  • silliestbunnysilliestbunny member

    I am good w/all the spellings BUT MaryAnne.  That would be difficult.

    Our baby girl's first name is Mary Jane.  She does have a middle name too. 

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  • zaramarie81zaramarie81 member

    I know plenty of ladies with double names who go by both (usually "Mary" being the first of the double name). I vote Mary Anne.

    Fwiw, Marianne looks like "Marion" to me, and I suspect she'd be correcting people.

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  • austenreader85austenreader85 member

    I really like Marianne, especially if you're trying to use it as a full first name with a separate middle name.  And I don't think that's weird at all.  Suggestions:

    Abigail, Allison, Belle, Catherine, Caroline, Daphne, Eleanor, Elaine, Faith, Fiona, Grace, Gabriella, Genevieve, Hope, Isabel, Jane, Julia, Katherine, Paige, Penelope, Rose, Renee, Sage, Samantha, Vanessa, Virginia, Violet, Vivian, Valerie.

    My favorite is Rose.

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  • babynameloverbabynamelover
    I like Marianne and would use a middle too, I don't like double barrel first names or ones with hyphens but thats just me :)
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