Conference oass::babynames

126.0. "Mariele" by SHRBIZ::KULP () Mon Sep 21 1987 16:51

    I am expecting number two in April - plenty of time you'd think.
    However, it took us a month to name our dog and we never really
    picked a girl's name we liked for the first baby.  Thank goodness
    we had a boy!
    
    This time it's the other way around.  I think we have found a 
    girl's name.  My husband says it will be a girl so we don't need
    a boy's name, but he hasn't convinced me yet.  So far Jonathan
    David is the forerunner.
    
    Anyway, we found a name in our babyname book that we both liked
    immediately for a girl.   I am wondering if anyone has ever heard
    it before.  They had it written as Mariel with variations of
    Marielle and Mariele.  I like it the last way, Mariele.  The book
    said it is a Dutch form of Mary.  Now I've been trying to think
    of a pretty middle name to go with it.  So far it's a maybe on
    Mariele Christine Kulp.  Is that too long?  Middle names are tricky
    with the el sound before them, ends up sounding like one long name,
    or Mary Elsomething.
    
    Robin
    

    What about Renee?  It was the first thing that popped into my head
    when I saw Mariele.  If I think of anymore I'll put them here.
    
    Marietta