Marian is a unisex given name.
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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]
- 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 Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- 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
- 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
- Marián Studenič (born 1998), Slovak ice hockey player
- 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
- Marian Hill, an American electronic duo from Philadelphia consisting of record producer Jeremy Lloyd and singer Samantha Gongol
Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
