I'm still plotting out a potential name change for personal reasons, but right now, my middle name is Marie. It traces from Mary, which means 'sorrowful', and for many, many years, my mother thought my father had named me--he asked for the honor of giving me my middle name--after her, since her name was Mary, my middle name was Marie, q.e.d.

Unfortunately, we find out years later, he had this tendency with all his daughters (he had six): he named us all with middle names from his mistresses at the time. Mine comes from Marie Levin, a red-haired woman of middle years who occupied my father's attention at that time. :)

So, while Marie is a common name...I know distinctly I share it with Ms. Levin, should she still be alive, and I know why.