# Marian

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #16,966

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-mario)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marie)
- **Moran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-moran)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marin)
- **Marta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marta)
- **Mayan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-mayan)
- **Maris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-maris)
- **Marla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marla)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-morin)
- **Moria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-moria)
- **martin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-martin)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marine)
- **morgan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-morgan)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-median)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marina)
- **Marion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marion)
- **Marvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-marvin)
- **myriad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-myriad)
- **Miriam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-miriam)
- **maroon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marian-vs-maroon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amrian`, `mairan`, `marain`, `mariann`, `marrian`, `mmarian`, `mraian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marian