Marion (given name)

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Marion
Gender Unisex
Origin
Word/nameFrench, Latin
MeaningDiminutive French form of Marie or a form of Marius

Marion is a unisex given name.

As a feminine given name, it is a French diminutive of Marie that has been in use by English speakers since the Middle Ages. It was also occasionally considered a form of Margaret or Margery.

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As a masculine given name, it derives from the Latin given name Marianus, a form of the name Marius. [1]

It may refer to:

Women

Men

Fictional characters

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  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 184. ISBN   0-19-861060-2.

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