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Marion
Right now I’m reading a book called Someone Like You (1998) and there’s a character called Marion in it. What do you think?I completely thought Marion was a male at first until I read ‘her’ in reference to Marion. Do you prefer it on a certain gender or think it’s fairly unisex? I personally think it’s more “handsome” than “pretty” but I can see it on either gender."People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all day."'*•.¸♡ Have a great day/night! ♡¸.•*' Rate my personal name list please :) https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/217493
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I really like Marion on a girl. The Marian spelling is also pretty.
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Love on a girlI just think of the odious John Wayne when Marion's used as a male name.
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I think it's unisex, but more feminine.
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I think it's mainly feminine and like it much more that way.
A masculine usage would seem more unusual/antique these days but I guess it's technically unisex.
The only Marion I've known was a woman from France.

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I agree that it is more handsome. However, I am not really keen on it. I do like Marian a lot, but maybe only because I love Miriam. It lacks oomph IMO.
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I know there are some men with the name but it reads as distinctly female to me. Marion / Marian, either way. I tend to think of Maid Marian from Robin Hood.I've known a few Marions, some younger some older, so it feels more timeless than dated. I think it's pretty though I prefer the Marian spelling.
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Don't really like it, the only few I know are female
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I think it's really cute. Not super girly/cutesy, reminds me of Miriam or Marian, which I think sounds more feminine.
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It's never seemed even slightly male to me! As Alison is to Alice, so Marion is to Marie.As a name, it's no better than OK. I much prefer Marianne, which of course is and sounds different.
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I adore the name and has for the longest time. I prefer it on a female, since that's the only way I know of, since I first heard of it when watching the first Indiana Jones movie and the female character of Marion Ravenwood. I also thought is sounds more female than male.That was before I learned that actor Marion Morrison changed his name to the stage name of John Wayne, and before I learned that it's also from a French surname, marked down as male. That might have changed my opinion and said 'unisex' instead.
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Honestly, I thought it was purely feminine. It's a family name so I associate it with a close family member (who is female). It wasn't her real name, but she chose it because she didn't like her real name - Wilhelmina.Personally, I prefer Wilhelmina if only because you can get Billie from it. Marion could become either Marie (preferred) or Mary, but clearly she preferred just Marion.
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Wilhelmina Marion would be such a beautiful name!
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I agree - its a good combo! Especially for a woman who would have been born in the 1920s. It's got a vintage charm to it
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I like Marion. I consider it a feminine name, but John Wayne's birth name was Marion, so it has a very old fashioned masculinity to it. It is handsome, but in a feminine way. I have nice associations with this name - I used to live on "Rue Marion", which was in the French Quarter of my city, and I always felt so sophisticated living there, even though it was not a fancy place at all. It was one of my first apartments, I was young and full of dreams, so Marion is very "eyes full of stars" and plucky to me.
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