One upon a time, an old lady became a great-grandmother.
“You must be so proud.”
“Very proud indeed!”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“It’s a girl!”
“And what’s her name?”
“Marie!”
“Marie-…?”
“Marie.”
“Marie?”
“Yes, Marie and that’s it!”

This scene was repeated several times much to the annoyance of the great-grandmother. What’s wrong with that? Marie is a very nice first name. As they say, less is more!

“You must be so proud.”
“Very proud indeed!”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“It’s a girl!”
“And what’s her name?”
“Marie and that’s it!”

Statistics

Letter M: More than 13% for the Hubou-Tourvilles’ first names.

With so many Marie-Louise (30!) and other names with Marie, no wonder we obtained such a high result. For the men, the most popular is Michel. What else do we have? Marguerite/Margaret, Mathilde/Mathilda, Malvina, Mamie, Marjorie, Martha, Moïse and Morris.

Kind of Funny

My least favorites: Medora and Magloire.

The 2016 ChallengeAZ is proposed by Sophie Boudarel of La Gazette des ancêtres