Marian Forename
1,280th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 741,753 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania
Marian Forename Definition:
A female name. Marion was originally a diminutive in -on of Mary (q.v.). It was common in the Middle Ages and later (cf. the surnames Marion, Maryan, Marrian, &c.). The spelling Marian led in the 18th C to the supposition that the name was really Mary + Anne, and Mary Ann was the first and chief of the double names which were so common then and in the early 19th C (e.
Read More About This ForenameMarian Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 100% | 193,041 | 1:104 | 17 |
| United States | 100% | 132,808 | 1:2,730 | 481 |
| Poland | 100% | 50,797 | 1:749 | 126 |
| Egypt | 100% | 39,061 | 1:2,353 | 340 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 27,264 | 1:620 | 133 |
| England | 97% | 27,038 | 1:2,056 | 343 |
| Philippines | 99% | 24,930 | 1:4,252 | 725 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 21,085 | 1:8,421 | 1,174 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,114 | 1:1,342 | 265 |
| Somalia | - | 19,586 | 1:691 | 117 |
| Germany | 81% | 16,955 | 1:5,702 | 540 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 14,208 | 1:499 | 120 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13,389 | 1:397 | 82 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 12,934 | 1:3,518 | 161 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,110 | 1:2,982 | 558 |
| Spain | 73% | 9,586 | 1:4,854 | 474 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 9,319 | 1:1,655 | 299 |
| Czechia | 84% | 8,370 | 1:1,273 | 185 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,027 | 1:578 | 124 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7,597 | 1:3,976 | 551 |
| Australia | - | 3,881 | 1:3,519 | 543 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,505 | 1:5,934 | 981 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,195 | 1:14,494 | 1,611 |
| South Africa | 96% | 2,855 | 1:19,101 | 2,696 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,729 | 1:1,134 | 253 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,561 | 1:2,730 | 437 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 2,213 | 1:1,582 | 262 |
| France | 82% | 2,098 | 1:31,683 | 1,188 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,086 | 1:5,508 | 786 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,009 | 1:2,801 | 506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,960 | 1:4,159 | 446 |
| Denmark | - | 1,907 | 1:2,963 | 435 |
| Italy | 52% | 1,751 | 1:34,873 | 1,137 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,603 | 1:3,338 | 382 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,597 | 1:1,154 | 230 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Zambia | - | 1,562 | 1:10,150 | 1,108 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,488 | 1:83,430 | 2,359 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,470 | 1:2,423 | 254 |
| Israel | 64% | 1,452 | 1:5,787 | 926 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,407 | 1:138,136 | 5,375 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,389 | 1:2,076 | 468 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,384 | 1:154,795 | 7,488 |
| India | 62% | 1,333 | 1:911,386 | 61,407 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,248 | 1:3,535 | 468 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,228 | 1:210,068 | 20,077 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,197 | 1:7,113 | 534 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,140 | 1:4,502 | 579 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,111 | 1:9,842 | 606 |
| New Zealand | - | 939 | 1:4,831 | 684 |
| Colombia | 100% | 898 | 1:53,206 | 2,325 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 814 | 1:5,857 | 695 |
| Sweden | 54% | 683 | 1:14,433 | 1,118 |
| Iraq | 100% | 637 | 1:54,973 | 1,826 |
| Argentina | 96% | 589 | 1:72,620 | 1,631 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 587 | 1:17,770 | 1,745 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 566 | 1:28,460 | 1,357 |
| Chile | 94% | 534 | 1:32,972 | 1,428 |
| Thailand | 59% | 530 | 1:132,200 | 10,118 |
| Hungary | 97% | 522 | 1:18,758 | 394 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 512 | 1:14,134 | 1,117 |
| Russia | 70% | 501 | 1:287,892 | 3,795 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 457 | 1:66,630 | 5,159 |
| Uganda | 94% | 396 | 1:103,427 | 4,654 |
| Switzerland | 93% | 394 | 1:20,846 | 1,439 |
| Panama | 100% | 348 | 1:11,226 | 1,428 |
| Ecuador | - | 345 | 1:51,382 | 1,791 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 326 | 1:10,890 | 694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 291 | 1:4,678 | 809 |
| Portugal | - | 286 | 1:36,402 | 1,414 |
| Tanzania | 84% | 263 | 1:200,716 | 8,363 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Honduras | 100% | 224 | 1:39,364 | 2,018 |
| Estonia | 94% | 217 | 1:6,062 | 849 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Jordan | 100% | 213 | 1:41,440 | 1,439 |
| Peru | 97% | 213 | 1:149,256 | 4,477 |
| Kuwait | - | 209 | 1:18,111 | 1,954 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Congo | 65% | 147 | 1:34,076 | 2,923 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 146 | 1:148,017 | 6,871 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 143 | 1:42,086 | 2,217 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 141 | 1:168,579 | 16,153 |
| Finland | 53% | 137 | 1:40,023 | 1,544 |
| Albania | 99% | 133 | 1:22,907 | 2,786 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 130 | 1:4,469 | 588 |
| Gibraltar | - | 126 | 1:271 | 42 |
| Namibia | - | 124 | 1:19,389 | 1,808 |
| Guyana | 100% | 112 | 1:6,815 | 1,154 |
| China | - | 108 | 1:12,648,665 | 59,841 |
| Cuba | - | 107 | 1:107,538 | 2,098 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 96 | 1:35,705 | 1,513 |
| Singapore | 92% | 87 | 1:72,265 | 7,011 |
| Guam | - | 80 | 1:2,008 | 435 |
| Dominica | - | 71 | 1:1,063 | 195 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 69 | 1:8,175 | 725 |
| Benin | 100% | 68 | 1:155,527 | 8,126 |
| Belize | 100% | 66 | 1:5,368 | 1,062 |
| Barbados | - | 64 | 1:4,528 | 724 |
| Hong Kong | - | 64 | 1:121,136 | 2,925 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 57 | 1:51,787 | 1,142 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Qatar | 60% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Jersey | - | 46 | 1:2,173 | 384 |
| Afghanistan | 72% | 45 | 1:724,967 | 10,320 |
| Belarus | 74% | 44 | 1:215,509 | 1,812 |
| Croatia | 100% | 43 | 1:98,072 | 2,428 |
| Grenada | 100% | 43 | 1:2,515 | 505 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 42 | 1:2,613 | 507 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 41 | 1:1,333 | 281 |
| Palestine | 100% | 40 | 1:113,751 | 1,964 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| El Salvador | - | 36 | 1:176,161 | 2,716 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 27 | 1:680,721 | 21,030 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Japan | 100% | 21 | 1:6,094,574 | 29,475 |
| South Korea | 100% | 21 | 1:264,020 | 8,921 |
| Niger | 92% | 20 | 1:959,200 | 15,302 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 18 | 1:6,199 | 1,022 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Armenia | 88% | 16 | 1:182,422 | 3,483 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 15 | 1:31,709 | 613 |
| Georgia | 63% | 14 | 1:267,033 | 6,407 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 13 | 1:815,493 | 3,165 |
| Faroe Islands | 85% | 13 | 1:3,779 | 669 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Turkey | 88% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 5 | 1:17,005 | 327 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Northern Cyprus | 50% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Marián (32,715), Márian (48), Marían (7), Màrian (6), Mariàn (4), Märian (1), Márián (25) & Maríán (11) are calculated separately.
Marian (34,595) may also be a surname.
Marian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Marion was originally a diminutive in -on of Mary (q.v.). It was common in the Middle Ages and later (cf. the surnames Marion, Maryan, Marrian, &c.). The spelling Marian led in the 18th C to the supposition that the name was really Mary + Anne, and Mary Ann was the first and chief of the double names which were so common then and in the early 19th C (e.g. Mary Jane, Jane Ann). The French Marianne, a later diminutive of Marie, is also sometimes used in England.
Marion Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379, Feudal Aids 1402.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The English abridgement, made in the Middle Ages, of the preceding. Maid Marian appears in the later forms of the Robin Hood legend and as a personage in the Morris-dance and the May-games.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A diminutive of Mary.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Marian Forename Popularity
Marian Demographics
Marian Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 27,941 (2014)
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Phonetically Similar Names
Marian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marian in the Russian language | ||
| Мариан | marian | - |
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