Girl · Hebrew, through Latin and French
Marion
Say it: MAIR-ee-un
Meaning
A medieval French pet form of Marie, with the diminutive ending -on.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Brought to England from French in the Middle Ages and long popular in Scotland.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 260,844 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1917, about 1 in 201 girls
- 162 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marian, Maryon, Marioun
| French | Marion |
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Famous bearers
- Maid Marian, of the Robin Hood legends
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- Well-known works of literature
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.