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Origin of the name MARION.
Etymology of the
name MARION.
Meaning of the baby name MARION.
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MARION.
A variant form of Marian
(q.v.), from biblical Mariamne
(q.v.), meaning "bitter." (The Robin Hood Garlands and
Ballads, Gutch, v.1, 1850). Usage: America, England, France,
Scotland.
Probably the
addition of the German diminutive chen, in French on, formed
the name of
A bonny fine maid of noble
degree,
Maid Marion called by name.
Very soon had her fame
travelled abroad, for in 1332 the play of Robin et Marion was
performed by the students of Angers, one of them appearing as a fillette
déguisée. Marion became a common name in France, and contracted
into Manon, and expanded into Marionette,
as in a poem of the 13th century where Marion is thus addressed; and in
Scotland, where "Maid Marion, fair as ivory bone," likewise figured in
rustic pageantry, she took a stronger hold than anywhere else, is in
common life yclept Menie, and has escaped her usual fate of confusion with
Marianne. (History of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884)
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