Marianne (given name)
Appearance
![]() Marianne is popular in part because it combines the names of the Virgin Mary and her mother Saint Anne, seen here depicted in a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. | |
Gender | female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew |
Meaning | Variant of Miriam or combination of Mary and Anne. |
Other names | |
Related names | Marianna , Mariana, Mary, Anne, Mariamne, Marian, Miriam, Meleana (Hawaiian) |
Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam (מִרְיָם Miryám), Mirjam (Aramaic: Mariam).[1][unreliable source?] In late Greek Marianna (Μαριάννα) was used.
In 18th century France Marianne became a popular name as a variant of Marian, Marie. It can also be seen as a combination of Marie and Anne. It gave inspiration to several double names such as Marie-Anne, Anne-Marie as well as other variants such as Anna Maria, Ana-Maria and Marianna and alternate spellings Mary Ann and Mary Anne. The combination of the two names has also been popular with Christians because Saint Anne is traditionally the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary.
People with the given name Marianne
- Marianne Berndt, shot putter and discus thrower
- Marianne Clausen (1947–2014), Danish musicologist and choir conductor
- Marianne Cope (1838–1918), German-born American nun
- Marianne Davies, musician
- Marianne Dickerson, long-distance runner
- Marianne Dubois (born 1957), French politician
- Marianne Ehrmann, novelist
- Marianne Ehrenström, artist
- Marianne Fay, American economist and writer
- Marianne Faithfull, singer
- Marianne Fredriksson, author
- Marianne Githens, political scientist, feminist, and author
- Marianne Golz, opera singer and World War II resistance member
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress
- Marianne W. Lewis, Dean of the Cass Business School.
- Marianne Limpert, swimmer
- Marianne Löfgren, actor
- Marianne Lundquist (1931–2020), Swedish swimmer
- Marianne Moore, American poet
- Marianne Muis, swimmer
- Marianne Rosenberg, singer
- Marianne Steinbrecher, volleyball player
- Marianne Timmer, speed skater
- Marianne von Martines
- Marianne von Werefkin, painter
- Marianne Vos, road-, track- and cross-cyclist
- Marianne Williamson (born 1952), activist, humanitarian, entrepreneur and candidate for President of the United States in 2020
People with the given name Mariane
- Mariane Pearl, French journalist
- Mariane Amaro, French-Portuguese football defender
- Mariane Chan, Hong Kong actress
- Mariane van Hogendorp, Dutch feminist
- A character in Tartuffe, a comedy by Molière
People with the given name Marianna
- Marianna Efstratiou, Greek singer
- Marianna Hill, American actress
- Marianna Kambouroglou, Greek folkorist
- Marianna Lymperta, Greek swimmer
- Marianna Malińska, Polish ballerina
- Marianna Toumasatou, Greek actress
- Marianna Vardinoyannis, Greek UNESCO ambassador
- Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter
- Marianna Zorba, Greek singer
Fictional characters
- Marianne Dashwood, in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility
- Marianne vi Britannia from the anime and manga Code Geass
- Marianne Lane, played by Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash
- Marianne (Shakugan no Shana), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
- Marianne, the protagonist of a trilogy of novels by Sheri S. Tepper
- Marianne, the protagonist of Strange Magic, where she is the feisty princess of the kingdom of the fairies
- Marianne Bryant, played by Amanda Bynes in the film Easy A
- Marianne Thornberry, from The Wild Thornberrys
- Marianne Sheridan, the protagonist of a novel Normal People
- Marianne von Edmund, a character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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