Marian

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Origin and Meaning of Marian

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• A submission from Tennessee, United States says the name Marian means "Of, or from, Mary.".
• A submission from United Kingdom says the name Marian means "Honored in pathway by it's angels.".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

adjective Ma"ri*an

Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.

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1. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary

Wiktionary

A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana.

1. A female given name.

Mary +‎ -an

1. (historical) One of the Scots who remained loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots in the disputes following her deposition.

Mari +‎ -an

Marian was also found in the following language(s): Finnish, French, German, and Polish

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• How Popular is the name Marian? Marian is the 501^st most popular name of all time. As a last name Marian was the 28,465^th most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Marian have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 141,687 babies born with the first name Marian in the United States. That's more than enough people named Marian to occupy the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with an estimated population of 109,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Marian? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 56 new born babies.
• When was Marian first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Marian is Wednesday, July 29th, 1868.
• What year had the most people named Marian born? The highest recorded use of the first name Marian was in 1924 with a total of 4,196 babies. That's a lot of babies named Marian!
• Random Marian Factoid: According to the 1911 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Marian ranks 67^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in New Jersey. Imagine that, 33 babies in New Jersey have the same name as you in 1911.
• Weird things about the name Marian: Your name in reverse order is Nairam. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Mairna. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Marian? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 838 people with the last name Marian.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Marian? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Marian as their last name since less than 1 person in 357k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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