Marian

French medieval variation of Marie, Hebrew

"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"

Marian Origin and Meaning

Variation of Maryann

Marian Rank in US Top 1000

# 735 in the US

Marian Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 637 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Marian

• 637 Nameberry 2025
• 151 Unique 2024
• 275 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Marian

• Marian Anderson American contralto opera singer
• Marian Ellina Stamp Dawkins English biologist; wife of humanist Richard Dawkins
• Marian Keyes Irish novelist
• Marian Rivera Spanish,Filipino actress and model
• Marian Lois Shields Robinson mother of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama
• Marian Bergeron Miss America 1933
• Marian McKnight Miss America 1957
• Marian Ethel Mercer American actress and singer
• Marian Ann Borris Javits American art patron
• Marian Wright Edelman American rights activist
• Marian Elizabeth (Westropp Dawson) Pritchard, English fashion writer and journalist
• Marian "Marie" Billups Booth third daughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth

The name Marian in Pop Culture

• Maid Marian love interest of Robin Hood
• Marian Paroo aka Marian the Librarian a main character in "The Music Man"
• "The Genius of Marian " 2013 documentary on Alzheimer's disease
• "Marian " song by Sisters of Mercy

International Variations of the name Marian

• Marien Dutch
• Marianne French
• Mariana Spanish
• Maryam Greek
• Mariann French
• Marianna Spanish
• Mariane German