Marian (given name)

Marian is a male in German, in English and even today predominantly female first name used, also a family name.

Origin and Meaning

As a male, the name is borrowed from Latin Marianus, a derivative of the Roman gentile name Marius, which was worn as a cognomen and " Marius duly " meant, then with the derived from the name Maria adjective marianus crossed and thereby the secondary in Christianity meaning " belonging to Mary ( the mother of Jesus) " assumed ( see main article Marianus ). The female Latin Nebenform was Mariana. The name with gender unique endings was in the Romance languages ​​(French m. Marian, w. Mariane it. Span and each m. Mariano, w. Mariana ) transfer, as exists in the German feminine form of Mariane.

The onset of the Middle English female use of Marian (instead of Mariane ), which occurs also in the Netherlands, is possibly caused by the phonetic similarity with Mary Ann, or Marion, because for the most famous late medieval namesake Maid Marian (including Maid Marion ), the legendary mistress of Robin Hood, it is presumed that in the background the popular in folk old and Middle French poetry name pair Robin and Marianne is (or Marion ).

Name-day

The name day is January 24, April 24, December 22 and November 3.

Variants

  • Marián
  • Marjan
  • Mariano, Romanesque form
  • Marijan
  • Maryan
  • Mariani
  • Marianus

Bearers of the name

Male first name

  • Marian Bardowick († 782 ), German deacon and Holy
  • Marian Biskup (1922-2012), Polish historian
  • Marian Cozma (1982-2009), Romanian handball player
  • Marian Czura ( b. 1939 ), Polish filmmaker and painter
  • Marian Gold (born 1954 ), German musician
  • Marian Gołębiewski ( b. 1937 ), Polish Archbishop of Breslau
  • Marian Heitger (1927-2012), German educationist
  • Marian Hristov (born 1973 ), Bulgarian football player
  • Marian Jaworski ( b. 1926 ), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv
  • Marian Krzaklewski ( born 1950 ), Polish trade union leader and politician
  • Marian Kudera (1923-1944), Polish resistance fighters
  • Marian Meder (* 1980), German actor
  • Marian Oprea ( b. 1982 ), Romanian track and field athlete
  • Marian Przykucki (1924-2009), Polish Archbishop of Szczecin
  • Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), Polish mathematician and cryptologist
  • Marian Smoluchowski (1872-1917), Polish physicist
  • Marian Spychalski (1906-1980), Polish politician
  • Marian Tumler (1887-1987), Austrian theologian

Female first name

Family name

  • Bazil Marian (1922-2008), the Romanian football player and coach
  • Charlotte Marian ( b. 1937 ), German pop singer
  • Edwin Marian ( b. 1928 ), German film director, writer and actor
  • Ferdinand Marian (1902-1946), Austrian actor
  • Friedrich Marian (1817-1869), Czech chemists
  • Michèle Marian ( b. 1963 ), German actress
  • Marian Radu ( born 1977 ), Romanian - Moldovan soprano
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