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Francis vs Marie - What's the difference?

francis | marie |

As adjectives the difference between francis and marie

is that francis is while marie is married.

francis

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act V, Scene III:
  • Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!
  • * 1820 , Names , The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:
  • Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn , Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 454:
  • *:Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Frances.
  • A ghost town in Nebraska.
  • A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • A town in Utah.
  • marie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1380s , Wycliffe version of the Bible, Matthew 1:18:
  • Whanne Marie , the modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, bifore thei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of the Hooli Goost in the wombe.
  • * 1993 , Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Asta's Book (ISBN 0517587963), page 105:
  • We are going to call her Marie'. For once we are in agreement about something, if for different reasons. I just happen to like the name, it's my second favourite girl's name after Swanhild, it has such a pretty sound. Rasmus, of course, likes it because it can be English and all things English he adores. 'The English can pronounce it,' he says, by which he means they pronounce it "Maar-rie", as in ' Marie Lloyd whom we've seen on the stage. 'The French can pronounce it too,' I said in my way, 'for what that's worth,' but he doesn't mind what I say at the moment.

    Usage notes

    * Particularly popular as a middle name in English.

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