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Marian
Gender Unisex Word/name French, Latin
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 .
[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 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 Hobson (born 1941), British scholar of French
Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
Marian Seldes (1928–2014), American actress
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
Marián Chovanec (born 1957), Slovak Roman Catholic bishop
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
References
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 183.
ISBN
0-19-861060-2 .