Meaning of the nameMarian

Female
Latin origin
Ma-ri-an

Marian is a female name of Latin origin, an English form linked to Mariana, which comes from Latin Marianus and Mariana.

Meaning

The meaning of Marian is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,555
Rank in Brazil: #4,357
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 1,587; people

Marian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (452 people).

2,450 women 105 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Marian is most common

States with the highest share of people named Marian in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraná 0.002%
Santa Catarina 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	525	0.001%
Paraná	231	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	203	0.001%
Minas Gerais	191	0.001%
Bahia	158	0.001%
Santa Catarina	154	0.002%
Pará	137	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	127	0.001%
Ceará	108	0.001%
Pernambuco	102	0.001%
Maranhão	82	0.001%
Goiás	65	0.001%
Amazonas	62	0.002%
Espírito Santo	49	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	49	0.002%
Alagoas	41	0.001%
Mato Grosso	40	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Piauí	35	0.001%
Paraíba	34	0.001%
Roraima	25	0.004%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Distrito Federal	19	0.001%
Rondônia	16	0.001%
Acre	16	0.002%
Amapá	16	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Marian

According to Wiktionary, Marian comes from Middle English, from Latin Marianus and Mariana, forms of Marius with the suffix -anus that came to refer mainly to Maria. The same dictionary gives Marian as the English equivalent of Mariana. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,555 people named Marian, with a median age of 25. The name is almost always female, and the most common decade of birth is the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marian · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Mariana · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Marian

What does the name Marian mean?

The meaning of Marian is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Marian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,555 people with the first name Marian, which ranks it number 4,357 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Marian a boy's or a girl's name?

Marian is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,450 women and 105 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marian?

Marian is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marian most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Marian (231 people), according to the 2022 Census.

More names of Latin origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Marian with a source. See the methodology.