 The King joins the hands of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, an illustration by Walter Crane from the book Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood by Henry Gilbert. | |
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French, Latin |
Marian is a given name. As a feminine name, it is a variant spelling of Marion, a French diminutive form of Marie that has been in use by English speakers since the Middle Ages. It has also sometimes considered a combination of the names Mary and Ann. As a masculine name, it is a form of Marius.[1]
Female
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), African-American contralto opera singer
- Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg (born 1965), Dutch scientist
- Marian Beitialarrangoitia (born 1968), Basque politician
- Marian Bell (economist) (born 1957), British economist
- Marian Bell (field hockey) (born 1958), former Australian field hockey player
- Marie Booth (1864–1937), third daughter of William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army
- Marian Croak (born 1955), American scientist
- Marian Dawkins (born 1945), British biologist
- Marian Douglas (1842-1913), American poet and short story writer
- Marian Hobson (born 1941), British scholar of French
- Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- Marian Sutton Marshall (1846–1901) English Typist and trade unionist
- Marian Pritchard (1869–1945), British fashion writer and journalist
- Marian Pour-El (1928–2009), American mathematician
- Marian Rivera (born 1984), Spanish born-Filipino actress and model
- Marian Scott (statistician) (born 1956), Scottish statistician and academic
- Marian Shields Robinson (born 1937), mother of First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
- Marian "Tyger" Trimiar (born 1953), American pioneering women's boxer
Male
- Marian von Bardowick (died 782), German deacon and saint
- Marian Bublewicz (1950–1993), Polish rally driver, 20x Polish Rally Championship winner
- Marián Čalfa (born 1946), ethnic Slovak former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- Marian Cozma (1982–2009), Romanian handball player
- Marian Czura, Polish-German filmmaker
- Marian Foik (1933–2005), Polish sprinter
- Marián Gáborík (born 1982), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Gold (born 1954), German singer from the synth pop band Alphaville
- Marian Heitger (1927–2012), German educationalist
- Marián Hossa (born 1979), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Hristov (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer
- Marian Jaworski (1926–2020), Catholic archbishop
- Marián Kochanský (1955–2006), Slovak singer
- Marián Kočner (born 1963), Slovak entrepreneur
- Marian Kudera (1923–1944), Polish resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Marián Labuda (1944–2018), Slovak actor
- Marián Lapšanský (born 1947), Slovak pianist
- Marian Moszoro, (born 1974), Polish economist
- Marian Orzechowski, (1931–2020), Polish economist and politician
- Marian Oprea (born 1982), Romanian triple jumper
- Marian Rejewski (1905–1980), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who solved the Nazi Enigma machine
- Marian Sârbu (born 1958), Romanian trade unionist and politician
- Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917), Polish physicist
- Marian Spychalski (1906–1980), Polish military leader and politician
- Marian Tumler (1887–1987), Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Marian Vanghelie (born 1968), Romanian politician
- Marián Varga (1947–2017), Slovak musician
- Marian Więckowski (1933–2020), Polish cyclist
Others
- Marian Hill, an American electronic duo from Philadelphia consisting of record producer Jeremy Lloyd and singer Samantha Gongol
See also
- Marion (given name), another unisex given name
- Marianne (given name)
- Marnie (given name), occasionally used as a diminutive of Marian
References
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