# 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 Kearns, Irish camogie player
* Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
* Marian Mahler (1908–1982), British designer, commercial artist, and book illustrator
* 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 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 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
* Marián Hossa (born 1979), Slovak professional ice hockey player
* Marian Hristov (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer
* Marian Jaworski (1926–2020), Catholic archbishop
* Marián Kočner (born 1963), Slovak entrepreneur
* Marián Labuda (1944–2018), Slovak actor
* 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 Turski (1926–2025), Polish historian
* Marian Vanghelie (born 1968), Romanian politician
* Marián Varga (1947–2017), Slovak musician
* Marian Więckowski (1933–2020), Polish cyclist