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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?
Marianne (pronounced) has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls
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. [1]
Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus , which is derived from Marius . Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Marianne (candy), a Finnish mint chocolate candy; Marianne (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name; Marianne (1932–1940) a French illustrative magazine; Marianne, a French news magazine; Marianne, Pennsylvania, US; Marianne Island, a small granitic island of the Seychelles
It is also a devotional given name in Tamil. It can be seen as a cognate of Mary in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish. In Estonian it was shortened variety of proper names like Marianne; in Estonian it is often perceived as a derivation of "mari" (berry). In the countries of Georgia and Armenia, Mari is a shortened version of the name Mariam.
The name Mary may have originated from the Egyptian language; it is likely derivative of the root mr, meaning "love; beloved" [1] (compare mry.t-ymn, "Merit-Amun", i.e. "beloved of Amun"). The name Mary was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root mr , meaning "bitter" (cf. myrrh ), or mry , meaning "rebellious".
Marjan is a Dutch and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral" (wikt:مرجان). Marjan (Cyrillic: Марјан) is also a Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian and Serbian version of the masculine given name Marius. People with this name include: Feminine name