Marian (given name)
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}}Marian is a unisex given name.
As a feminine given name, it is a variant spelling of Marion, a French diminutive form of Marie that has been used by English–speakers since the Middle Ages. It has also sometimes been considered a combination of the names Mary and Ann.
As a masculine given name, it is a form of Marius. {{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=183|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}
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 Collier (actress) (1931–2021), American film and television actress
- Marian Collier (painter) (1859–1887), British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Marian Croak (born 1955), American scientist
- Marian Dawkins (born 1945), British biologist
- Marian Douglas (1842-1913), American poet and short story writer
- Marian Rivera Gràcia (born 1984), Spanish-born Filipino actress and model; better known simply as Marian Rivera
- Marian Hobson (born 1941), British scholar of French
- Marian Kearns, Irish camogie player
- Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- Marian Mahler (1908–1982), British designer, commercial artist, and book illustrator
- Marian Sutton Marshall (1846–1901), English typist and trade unionist
- Marian Pour-El (1928–2009), American mathematician
- Marian Pritchard (1869–1945), British fashion writer and journalist
- Marian Shields Robinson (1937–2024), mother of First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
- Marian Scott (statistician) (born 1956), Scottish statistician and academic
- Marian Seldes (1928–2014), American actress
- Marian "Tyger" Trimiar (born 1953), American pioneering women's boxer
Male
- Marian Bublewicz (1950–1993), Polish rally driver, 20x Polish Rally Championship winner
- Marián Čalfa (born 1946), ethnic Slovak former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- Marián Chovanec (born 1957), Slovak Roman Catholic bishop
- Marian Cozma (1982–2009), Romanian handball player
- 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
- Marián Hossa (born 1979), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Hristov (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer
- Marian Jaworski (1926–2020), Catholic archbishop
- Marián Kočner (born 1963), Slovak entrepreneur
- Marián Labuda (1944–2018), Slovak actor
- 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
- Marián Studenič (born 1998), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marian Tumler (1887–1987), Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Marian Turski (1926–2025), Polish historian
- Marian Vanghelie (born 1968), Romanian politician
- Marián Varga (1947–2017), Slovak musician
- Marian Więckowski (1933–2020), Polish cyclist
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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