Marian (given name)

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.

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
• Marian Binkley, Canadian anthropologist
• 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 Gleason (1916–2005), American politician
• Marian Goodman (1928–2026), American art dealer and gallery owner
• 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 Pritzker (1923–2025), American philanthropist
• 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 Estelle Melson Strack (1898–1974), American socialite and antisemite
• 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
• Marian Kasprzyk (1939–2026), Polish boxer
• Marián Kočner (born 1963), Slovak entrepreneur
• Marián Labuda (1944–2018), Slovak actor
• Marian Moszoro (born 1974), Polish economist
• Marian Oprea (born 1982), Romanian triple jumper
• Marian Orzechowski (1931–2020), Polish economist and politician
• Marian Panchyshyn (1882–1943), Ukrainian medical doctor and public figure
• 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

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