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It's pretty but I find it gloomy somehow - maybe it's the Tennyson poem. Marianne seems brighter and livelier.

I love Mariana! It's romantic and feminine without being insubstantial (unlike, for example, Liliana).

Very pretty - I'd love to meet a little Mariana.

It works in languages other than English ... but it never seems to have acclimatised in the way that Marianne has.

I really like it. I've contemplated using it to loosely honor all of the Marys and Anns (and even a couple Mary Anns) in my family.

It reminds me too much of marinara sauce, unfortunately.

I think it's very pretty.

Mariana is nice enough although it does remind me of marinara and that kind of turns me off. Also, Mary Ann / Anne just seems so dated that Mariana is guilty by association. Make sense? It does sound lovely. I just can't shake my associations enough to love the name.