Entry № 6487 · French origin

Marianne Marianne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAIR-ee-ann /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Mary + Anne (national symbol of France; Marianne Moore)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "mary + anne (national symbol of france; marianne moore)".

Marianne is the French combination of Marie + Anne — Hebrew Miryam + Channah ("beloved" + "grace"). Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025) — English singer; As Tears Go By (1964) at 17 was her breakthrough.

Mary + Anne.

The name in its native script.

Marianne
Transliteration
Marianne
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛər.i.æn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marianne stands.

Marianne does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mariannes before her.

Real people
Marianne Moore
American Pulitzer poet.
1887 – 1972
Marianne Williamson
American spiritual teacher.
born 1952
Marianne Faithfull
English singer.
1946 – 2025
In fiction
Marianne
Symbol of the French Republic.
1792

Names connected to Marianne.

The number behind Marianne.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Marianne reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.