Marian (given name)

Marian is a unisex given name.

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.

Female

 * 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

Male

 * 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

Others

 * Marian Hill, an American electronic duo from Philadelphia consisting of record producer Jeremy Lloyd and singer Samantha Gongol