Marie (Japanese given name)

Marie or Marié (まりえ、マリエ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Occasionally the "e" is written with an acute accent or other diacritic to signify that it is pronounced, and to distinguish it from the etymologically unrelated French and English name Marie.

Marie

Pronunciation	Japanese: [maɾie]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Mari Mariko

Written forms

Marie can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 真理恵, "truth, blessing"
• 万里江, "long distance, big river"
• 真理絵, "truth, picture"
• 万里絵, "long distance, picture"
• 麻理恵, "hemp, reason, blessing"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Marie Arai (荒井 万里絵; born 1981), Japanese figure skater
• Marié Digby (born 1983), American musician, singer, and songwriter
• Marie Helvin (born 1952), Japanese–American model
• Marie Iitoyo (飯豊 万理江; born 1998), Japanese model and actress
• Marie Kai (甲斐 まり恵; born 1980), Japanese actress
• Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵; born 1985), Japanese author, organizing consultant, and television presenter
• Marie Miyake (三宅 麻理恵; born 1985), Japanese voice actress
• Marie Mizuno (水野 麻里絵), Japanese voice actress
• Marie Yamaguchi (山口 真理恵; born 1989), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Marie Ueda (植田 真梨恵; born 1990), Japanese singer and songwriter

Fictional characters

• Marie Gold (レスリー星人マリー・ゴールド), from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
• Marie Yamano, mother of Ban Yamano, a character in the game and anime series Little Battlers Experience