Marianne (given name)

Marianne
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
Origin
Word/Name	Hebrew
Meaning	Variant of Miriam or combination of Mary and Anne.
Other names
Related names	Mary, Anne, Mariamne, Marian, Miriam

Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam, Mirjam (Aramaic: Mariam)^[1] In the Bible the Hebrew name Mariamne is mentioned. In late Greek Marianna 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.

Famous Mariannes

• Marianne, symbol of France
• Marianne Berndt, shot putter and discus thrower
• Marianne Davies, musician
• Marianne Dickerson, long-distance runner
• Marianne Ehrenström, artist
• Marianne Faithfull, singer
• Marianne Fredriksson, author
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress
• Marianne Limpert, swimmer
• Marianne Löfgren, actor
• Marianne Muis, swimmer
• Marianne Steinbrecher, volleyball player
• Marianne Timmer, speed skater
• Marianne von Martines
• Marianne von Werefkin, painter
• Marianne Vos, road-, track- and cross-cyclist

Mariannes in fiction

• Marianne Dashwood, in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.
• Marianne vi Britannia from the anime and manga Code Geass

See

• Marianna (disambiguation)
• Mariana (disambiguation)

Notes

1. ^ Behind the Name.