Marion
Fewer than 200 people in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. At root it's a Latin pet form of Maria, given almost entirely to girls.
Marion Pronunciation
Marion is pronounced MAHR-yon (/ˈmarjɔn/).
What Marion means
Where Marion comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Marion began as a fond form. It grew out of Marie, the French version of Mary, with a soft suffix added to bring the name closer. Mary itself runs back through Latin Maria to older Hebrew ground, so the Latin origin sits one step behind Marion while the French warmth sits on top.
Its early fame came in a song. Around 1283 the trouvère Adam de la Halle wrote "Le Jeu de Robin et Marion," and the shepherdess Marion settled into medieval French verse for good. English readers took the name up as well, where it stayed a plain diminutive of Mary.
Marion has been given to women and to men, and today it reads mostly as a woman's name. A Polish parent will meet it as a small form of Maria, a very old name in a lighter dress. On a school register beside Maria and Marta, it looks like family. Behind it stands Maria, and behind that, Latin.
How many people are named Marion
1 in 139159 women in Poland is named Marion. 168 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2478 among female names.
Marion's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Marion as a middle name
Marion is a first name for 168 women in Poland and a middle name for another 115, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 616th, between Dorothy (115) and Silvia (115).
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#614 Danielle115
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#615 Dorothy115
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#616 Marion115
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#617 Silvia115
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#618 Stela115