girl's name
Marie-Thérèse
ma-ree-tay-REZ
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 13
- Births on record 89,388
Marie-Thérèse joins a name nobody can translate to another nobody can translate — Marie descends from Miriam and Thérèse from a Greek original, and neither derivation has ever been established. It peaked in 1946, and holds 89,388 lifetime births.
- Marie-Thérèse is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1946, when 3,680 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Marie-Thérèse over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 3,065 |
| 1910s | 3,635 |
| 1920s | 9,410 |
| 1930s | 14,215 |
| 1940s | 24,765 |
| 1950s | 23,665 |
| 1960s | 8,555 |
| 1970s | 1,460 |
| 1980s | 315 |
| 1990s | 145 |
| 2000s | 70 |
| 2010s | 35 |
| 2020s (to 2024) | 25 |
What Marie-Thérèse means
Marie-Thérèse joins Marie, whose meaning is unknown, to Thérèse, whose meaning is also unknown. Harvester, summer and a Greek island are proposed for the second and none is settled.
Where Marie-Thérèse comes from
Marie-Thérèse is a French hyphenated compound of Marie, from the Hebrew Miriam, and Thérèse, whose Greek original is genuinely unrecovered — theros, summer, therizo, to harvest, and the island Therasia are the standard proposals. Maria Theresa ruled the Habsburg lands for forty years from 1740 and bore sixteen children, the youngest of whom was Marie Antoinette. The pairing became one of the standard Catholic compounds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Marie-Thérèse in use
Marie-Thérèse peaked in France in 1946, when 3,680 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It no longer ranks in any of the six markets we track, across 89,388 lifetime births. Stable on a name that has left every chart means the decline has flattened rather than that the name holds a position anywhere.
How popular is Marie-Thérèse?
In 2024, Marie-Thérèse was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.
Where Marie-Thérèse is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Marie-Thérèse is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Marie-Therese | Marie-Therese is how Marie-Thérèse is written in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,180 in France, against #5,034 for Marie-Thérèse. | 50 |
| Marietherese | Marietherese is Marie-Thérèse written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #16,634. | 28 |
Names that peaked alongside Marie-Thérèse
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Marie-Thérèse also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marie-Thérèse over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Marie-Thérèse
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Marie-Thérèse in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- French
- Marie-Thérèse
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Maria-Theresa
Sibling names for Marie-Thérèse
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marie-Thérèse — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Marie-Thérèse
What does the name Marie-Thérèse mean?
Neither half has an established meaning — Marie descends from Miriam and Thérèse from an unrecovered Greek original.
Who was Maria Theresa?
Ruler of the Habsburg lands for forty years from 1740, and mother of Marie Antoinette.
Is it one name or two?
One legal name in France — a hyphenated compound, not a first and middle name.
Does Marie-Thérèse still rank?
Not in any of the six markets we track, despite a 1946 French peak of 3,675 births.
Is Marie-Thérèse a girl's or a boy's name?
Marie-Thérèse is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Marie-Thérèse most popular?
Marie-Thérèse peaked in 1946, when 3,680 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Marie-Thérèse?
Marie-Thérèse is usually shortened to Mimi.