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View Name: Marianne


MARIANNE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
PRONOUNCED: mah-ree-AH-nÉ™ (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE. It is also considered a combination of MARIE and ANNE (1). Shortly after the formation of the French Republic in 1792, a female figure by this name was adopted as the symbol of the state.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Marjan (Dutch)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Maia (Basque), Maja, Mare, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Croatian), Madlenka, Maja, Marika, Máša (Czech), Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maike, Mareike (Frisian), Marika (Greek), Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Mæja (Icelandic), Mairenn, Máirín, Maureen, Mallaidh, Maurine (Irish), Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Mariazinha (Portuguese), Manya, Masha, Maryana (Russian), Maja (Serbian), Maja, Marika (Slovak), Maja, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Slovene), Marita (Spanish), Maritza (Spanish (Latin American)), Mairwen (Welsh), Mirele (Yiddish)
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