For as long as I can remember, my name has caused (well for want of a better term) issues!

For starters, there has been the difficulty pronouncing my name! I’ve been called Marisa (when they gave up trying to pronounce my name!), Macy (quite a pretty name - but no thank you) , Mercy  (beat the life out of me why!), Maricee (what!!!!) or even Maurice (when my gender was apparently in question!). I mean come on how difficult is is to pronounce Marise - correctly!

Then, all through school I was teased mercilessly about how my name in Hindi meant “patient” - as in someone who is unwell.

And finally there has been the wonder over what my name means? My parents say it has a Marian connotation (from the name Mary), since I was born on her feast day. 

Well, I set out to find if my name meant anything else and this is what I came across.

In Japanese, Marise means “Infinite”

In French, Marise comes from the French word Marie meaning “beloved”

In Dutch, Marise comes form Marijse meaning “of the sea”

So I’ve discovered that Marise does mean something different among different cultures.

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