Name: Marian
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Marian, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Marian are in general originating from Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Marian across the world, see Marion.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Marian is: Bitter.
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Numerology of the first name Marian: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Marian is ranked on the 743rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 770700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.011% of the population. The name Marian has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Marian for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Marian is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Marian is a given name, either derived from Marius (male) or Maria (female). In Slovak, and sometimes in Czech, the male name is accented Marián.
Male:
- Marian von Bardowick (died 782), German deacon and saint
- Marián Čalfa (born 1946), ethnic Slovak former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- 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 (born 1926), former Catholic archbishop
- Marián Kochanský (1955-2006), Slovak singer
- Marian Kudera (1923-1944), Polish resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Marián Labuda (born 1944), Slovak actor
- Marián Lapšanský (born 1947), Slovak pianist
- Marian Moszoro, (born 1974), Polish economist
- Marian Orzechowski, (born 1931), 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 (born 1947), Slovak musician
Female:
- Maid Marian, legendary companion of Robin Hood
- Marian Anderson (1897-1993), African-American contralto opera singer
- 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; born Marian Billups Booth
- Marian Stamp Dawkins (born 1945), British biologist
- Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- Marian Rivera (born 1984), Spanish born-Filipino actress and model
- Marian Shields Robinson (born 1937), mother of First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
1 (f.) English: originally a medieval variant spelling of Marion. However, in the 18th century, when combined names began to come into fashion, it was sometimes understood as a combination of Mary and Ann.
2 (m.) Polish: from the Latin name Mariānus (see Mariano), often bestowed among Roman Catholics in honour of the Virgin Mary.
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