Which name... Tanzinite or Mariah?

Question

my sister is having a baby and these 2 names!

Answer 1

oh please don't let her name that kid Tanzinite

Mariah is cute

Answer 2

Tanzanite is horrendous! You do realize it's a stone right? It's like naming her Cubic Zirconia. Mariah is fine. It was pretty popular when Mariah Carey first came out....about 1990 or so. At least it's not made up.

Answer 3

Tanzanite is a mineral - why would you name a child after a mineral?  Mariah is the more acceptable of the two.

Answer 4

Mariah becasue it is fairly uncommon and it The boy's and girl's name Maria \m(a)-ria\ is pronounced mah-REE-ah. It is of Latin origin. Variant for Mary (Latin) "star of the sea", used in English-speaking countries in the 18th century, and popular with both Spanish and non-Spanish cultures. Revived in the 20th century due to the popularity of "West Side Story", with its famous ballad "Maria". Marie, the French variant, was the preferred form of Mary in England until about the time of the Reformation. Mariah (ma-RYE-ah) has greatly increased in popularity, due to singer Mariah Carey. Maria and Marie are very often blended with other names and suffixes. See also Manon, Mari, Maribel, Marisa, Mia, and Ria. Singer Maria Muldaur; TV journalist Maria. Maria has 17 variant forms: Maree, Mariah, Marialena, Marialinda, Marialisa, Marie, Marieanne, Marielena, Marietta, Mariette, Marika, Marja, Marya, Mayra, Mayria, Moraiah and Moriah.

For more information, see also related names Mai, Malia, Marlene, Melita, Mercedes and Mimi.

Baby names that sound like Maria are Marra, Mara and Moria.

Maria is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Maria. Click here to compare Maria with related baby names.

Answer 5

Mariah

is pretty xx

Answer 6

first one is horrific. the second one is nice but would be better without th h so 'maria'

Answer 7

Mariah

Answer 8

Neither.  They're both stupid.

Answer 9

Mariah!!!! Tanzanite sounds like its a name for someone from Tanzinia.(not a real country i dont think) What has happened to names like Emily, Isabelle and Layla? Forgotten for rarer and usually uglier names?

Answer 10

Tanzanite is absolutely hideous. Mariah is okay, but definitely the cutest out of the two... at any rate, it's her child and she can choose any name that she pleases.

Answer 11

Mariah is a nice name and the other name is very hard to spell and also does't really quite honestly sound so good so definitely Mariah x*x

Answer 12

Tanzinite isn't that nice but Mariah is marginally normal  

Answer 13

Not keen. Mariah is a fad name. Everyone will just know she is named after Carey!  

Answer 14

Tanzinite....ok what is up with that?

Mariah, not one of my choices but it is better that the first.  

Answer 15

Mariah is by far the best...I mean come on...think about the childs future...surely she's gonna want a job one day...and trust me...as soon as the interviewer gets to her "Tanzinite"...the application is goin straight in the garbage...sorry...Just bein honest...

Answer 16

out of these two names... Mariah is better but i would spell it differently. It will save the poor little girl in the horrible middle school days.

Answer 17

I like Mariah the best. I think it's a really pretty name...maybe Mariah Nicole?

Answer 18

Neither but I would choose Mariah!

Answer 19

Neither, but if I personally had to choose between the two, I'd go for Mariah.

Answer 20

Does she want people to think of a lump of shiny rock or a police car or hearse when they hear her name?  That would settle the choice!

Your sister is VERY strange!

Answer 21

Tanzinite is a stone.

I dont like it.

Mariah is okay.

Answer 22

Mariah. I have never heard the name Tanzinite before and I am not sure if I like it or not.