Entry № 6525 · French origin

Marion Marion — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAIR-ee-on /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Beloved (Marion Cotillard, Best Actress Oscar 2007)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "beloved (marion cotillard, best actress oscar 2007)".

Marion is the medieval French diminutive of Marie — from the Hebrew Miryam ("beloved, star of the sea"). Marion Jones (born 1975) — American track sprinter whose 5 Sydney 2000 Olympic medals were stripped after admission of doping; subject of No Excuses memoir (2010). Marion Ross — Happy Days (1974). Maid Marion is the female lead of Robin Hood legend.

Beloved (Marion Cotillard, Best Actress Oscar 2007) — a French name.

The name in its native script.

Marion
Transliteration
Marion
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛr.i.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marion stands.

Marion 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.

Marions before her.

Real people
Marion Cotillard
French Oscar actress.
born 1975
Marion Jones
American track sprinter.
born 1975
Marion Ross
American actress (Happy Days).
born 1928
In fiction
Maid Marion
Robin Hood legend.

Names connected to Marion.

The number behind Marion.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Marion reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.