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.

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

It may refer to:

Women Marion Adams-Acton (1846–1928), Scottish novelist Marion Adnams (1898–1995), English painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman Marion Aizpors (born 1961), German swimmer Marion Allemoz (born 1989), French ice hockey player Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet Marion Arnott, Scottish author Marion Aunor (born 1992), Filipino singer-songwriter Marion Aye (1903–1951), American actress Marion Bailey (born 1951), British actress Marion Barter (born 1945), Australian missing teacher who has not been seen since 1997 Marion Bartoli (born 1984), French tennis player Marion Bauer (1882–1955), American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910), American lecturer, author, financial agent Marion Hall Best (1905–1988), Australian interior designer Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), American author Marion Howard Brazier (1850–1935), American journalist, editor, lecturer, clubwoman Marion Bryce (1839–1920), Scottish-born Canadian educator and community leader Marion Corbett, pen name of the Misses Corbett Marion Cotillard (born 1975), French actress Marion Cunningham (author) (1922–2012), American cookbook author Marion Davies (1897–1961), American actress and mistress of William Randolph Hearst

Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002), German journalist and publisher Marion Donovan (1917–1998), American inventor and entrepreneur Marion Davison Duffie (1896–1965), American singer and voice teacher Marion Moncure Duncan (1913–1978), American businesswoman and 25th president general of the NSDAR Marion du Faouët (1717–1755), Breton bandit leader Marion Frater, New Zealand judge Marion Goldman (born 1945), American sociologist Marion Cameron Gray (1902–1979), Scottish mathematician Marion Hall (born 1972), Jamaican musician Marion Jones (born 1975), American sprinter Marion Jones Farquhar (1879–1965), née Jones, American tennis player Marion Kent (died 1500), English businessperson and property manager Marion Kracht (born 1962), German actress Marion Laboure, French economist, macro strategist and lecturer Marion Lüttge (born 1941), former East German javelin thrower Marion Mackenzie (born 1873) – British medical doctor and suffragette Marion Mann (singer) (1914–2004), American singer Marion Maréchal (born 1989), French politician Marion Marlowe (1929–2012), American singer and actress Marion Oberhofer (born 2000), Italian luger Marion Raven (born 1984), Norwegian singer and songwriter Marion Ross (born 1928), American actress Marion Ross (physicist) (1903–1994), Scottish physicist Marion Rothman (1928–2023), American film editor Marion Scott (1877–1953), English violinist, musicologist, writer, music critic, editor, composer and poet Marion Margery Scranton (1884–1960), American suffragist and Republican activist Marion Scrymgour (born 1960), Australian politician Marion Shilling (1910–2004), American actress Marion Shimmin (1879–1942), Manx politician Marion Short (–?), American dramatist Marion Simmons (1949–2008), British judge Marion Simon Misch (1869–1941), American activist, teacher, writer and businesswoman Marion Stokes (1929–2012), American activist and archivist Marion Thees (born 1984), German retired skeleton racer Marion True (born 1948), American archeologist Marion Tuu'luq (1910–2002), Canadian Inuk artist Marion Tylee (1906–1969), New Zealand artist Marion Verbruggen (born 1950), Dutch recorder player and teacher Marion Wagner (born 1978), German retired sprinter Marion Walsmann (born 1963), German politician and Member of the European Parliament Marion Foster Washburne (1863-1944), American author, lecturer, educator Marion Ballantyne White (1871–1958), American mathematician and university professor Marion Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator Marion Yorck von Wartenburg (1904–2007), German activist and judge

Men Marion Barber Jr. (born 1959), American former National Football League player Marion Barber III (1983–2022), American former National Football League player, son of the above Marion Barry (1936–2014), former mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion M. Bradford (1946–2021), American scientist known for his protein quantification method Marion Broadstone (1906–1972), American National Football League player Marion Butts (born 1966), American National Football League player Marion Cox (1920–1996), NASCAR car owner Marion Knight Jr. (born 1965), birth name of Suge Knight, founder of Death Row Records Marion Mann (1920–2022), American physician and pathologist Marion Morrison (1907–1979), birth name of John Wayne, American film actor Marion Motley (1920–1999), American National Football League and All-America Football Conference player, member of the Pro Hall of Fame Marion Parsonnet (1905–1960), American screenwriter Marion Albert Pruett (1949–1999), American spree killer Marion Pugh (1919–1976), American National Football League player Marion Pat Robertson (1930–2023), American televangelist Marion Mike Rounds (born 1954), U.S. Senator from (and former Governor of) South Dakota Marion Silva Fernandes (born 1991), Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion" Marion Spielmann (1858–1948), English journalist and art critic Marion Zioncheck (1900–1936), American politician

Fictional characters Marion Chambers, a character in Halloween Marion Crane, the female lead in Psycho, played by Janet Leigh Marion Moseby, played by Phill Lewis in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck Marion Ravenwood, in the Indiana Jones franchise Marion Tweedy, maiden name of Molly Bloom in James Joyce's Ulysses

See also Marian (given name), another unisex given name Marnie (given name), occasionally used as a diminutive form of Marion Marot (name), used as a diminutive form of Marion in Adam de la Halle's pastorelle Jeu de Robin et Marion

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