[name]Marie[/name]- Muh-ree
[name]Mary[/name]- [name]Mare[/name]-ee
[name]Merry[/name]- I always connected to merry (as in [name]Merry[/name] [name]Christmas[/name]) like a name more like [name]Joy[/name] than [name]Mary[/name].
[name]Marie[/name] I think of as the go-to middle name of generations past. I think [name]May[/name] feels like the modern day replacement and [name]Grace[/name] is probably the new go-to middle. I prefer [name]Maria[/name] as a first name. [name]Marie[/name] I like more as a first than a middle.
[name]Mary[/name] is simple & sweet. It has a connotation of being religious or an old lady name, but to me it’s like [name]Jane[/name]. [name]Just[/name] perfect, neutral, ages well, gorgeous. I love it.
[name]Merry[/name]- feels more shrill to me. [name]Meredith[/name] tones down that aspect.
I like hyphenated [name]Mary[/name] names like [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Kate[/name]
I like [name]Marta[/name], [name]Martine[/name], [name]Martha[/name], [name]May[/name], [name]Marina[/name], [name]Marlene[/name], [name]Marjorie[/name], [name]Margot[/name], [name]Margo[/name]