Marian

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Hebrew.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the Virgin Mary.
• Of or relating to Mary, Queen of Scots.
• Of or relating to Gaius Marius, Ancient Roman general and statesman.
• Of or relating to the Mari people.

Noun

• One of the Scots who remained loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots in the disputes following her deposition.

Origin

• A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana.
• Mary + -an
• Mari + -an