Marianne

Where Marianne comes from

From French Marianne.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marianne
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #1,108 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1887
    Marianne Moore born
    American poet
  3. 1946
    Marianne Faithfull born
    English singer and actress
  4. 1957
    Peak, #139
    3,023 babies named Marianne — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #221.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Marianne Faithfull · English singer and actress, 1946–2025
  • Marianne Moore · American poet, 1887–1972
  • Marianne Williamson · American political activist, born 1952
  • Marianne von Werefkin · Russian-German-Swiss expressionist painter, 1860–1938
  • Marianne Vos · Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.