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Summary
- Marie is the French form of Mary; French Bibles such as Louis Segond’s (1910) use it in Luke 1:27 and John 20:1.
- The Segond Bible also calls Moses’ sister Marie in Exodus 15:20; the French Catholic liturgical translation writes Miryam there.
- The New Testament names six or seven women Mary, told apart by family or home, among them the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
- The meaning of the Hebrew Miryam is uncertain: an Egyptian word for “beloved,” a Hebrew root giving “the beautiful one,” and older readings from mar, “bitter,” have all been proposed.
- Marie was the most common girls’ name in France almost every year from 1900 to 1958, and it is given to boys in double names such as Jean-Marie.
- Saints named Marie include Marie of the Incarnation (1599–1672), canonized in 2014, and John Vianney (1786–1859), born Jean-Marie Vianney.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Marie,” “Mary,” “Miriam” and “Mara,” with popularity figures for France and the United States. https://www.behindthename.com/name/marie
- Anthony Maas, “The Name of Mary,” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 15 (1912), summarizing Otto Bardenhewer, Der Name Maria (Freiburg, 1895). https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464a.htm
- La Sainte Bible, Louis Segond translation (1910): Exodus 15:20; Luke 1:27; John 20:1. https://api.getbible.net/v2/ls1910/42/1.json
- La Bible, traduction officielle liturgique, AELF: Exodus 15:20; Luke 1:27. https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ex/15
- “Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline),” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_the_Incarnation_(Ursuline)
- “John Vianney,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vianney
- Scripture quotations: Exodus 15:20; Ruth 1:20, English Standard Version. References: Exodus 15:23; Acts 12:12; Romans 16:6.
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