Marion

English and French diminutive of Marie

"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"

Marion Origin and Meaning

The name Marion is a girl's name meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved".

An underused classic that has proved surprisingly unisex over the last few decades, being given to roughly the same number of baby girls and boys in the US from the 1970s to the 2000s. For a girl, Marion has a sturdy old-fashioned charm.

The meaning of Marie is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).

Marion Rank in US Top 1000

# 954 in the US

Marion Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 665 on Nameberry

Marion Popularity

• 665 Nameberry 2024
• 671 Unique 2023
• 279 Unisex 2023
• 101 Belgium 2020

20 Names Similar to Marion

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Marion.

• Marian
• Joan
• Magdelene
• Nadine
• Marisol
• Maren
• Miriam
• Maureen
• Maura
• Tamara
• Lorraine
• Justine
• Mariel
• Gretchen
• Leia
• Ginevra
• Margot
• Ethel
• Betty
• Diane

Famous People Named Marion

• Marion Ryan British singer
• Marion Eileen Ross American actress
• Marion Cotillard French actress
• Marion Elise Raven Norwegian singer,songwriter of pop duo M2M
• Marion Lois Jones American track and field athlete
• Marion Cecilia Davies (born Marion Cecilia Elizabeth Brooklyn Douras) American actress; mistress of W.R. Hearst
• Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley American novelist
• Marion Chesney Scottish novelist
• Marion Lorne American actress
• Marion Mahony Griffin first woman employed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright
• Marion Bartoli French tennis player
• Marion Jean Woodman Canadian psychologist
• Marion Jeanne Caroline Maréchal Le Pen, French politician
• Marion (Enwright) Cunningham American cookbook author
• Marion Kelly British child star of a viral video
• Marion Louise Aunor Filipina singer,songwriter
• (Marion) Loretta Elwell Broderick (b. 2009) daughter of actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, twin of Tabitha Hodge Broderick

Marion in Pop Culture

• Marion Cunningham mother on TV's Happy Days; played by Marion Ross
• Marion Ravenwood character in movie Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Marion Silver character in movie Requiem for a Dream
• Marion Crane main character in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"
• Rose Marion Tyler companion of The Doctor from "Doctor Who"
• Similar: Marionetta Celestina O'Carroll character in Thomas Love Peacock's "Nightmare Abbey" (1818)