Given name
Marianne
“a rebellious woman”
In French use, Marianne is a form of Mariamne. One Hebrew interpretation is “a rebellious woman.”
Original FrenchMariana
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Marianne is a form of Mariamne. One Hebrew interpretation is “a rebellious woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marianne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65,569
- 49 boys · 65,520 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 3,030 babies
- 2025
- 110
- #1,828 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 110 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,828 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,023 in 1957. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 57,194 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marianne’s family of names
In Danish usage, Marianne has a diminutive in Janne. In French usage, Marianne shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form MAYANE. In German usage, Marianne has a related form in Maria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marianne has relatives in 28 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Marianne comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Marianavariant · French, Spanish
- Mariavariant · German
- Mariannavariant · Finnish, German
- Rianneclipped form · Dutch
- Mariannvariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Marriannelikely variant
- Marianevariant · Danish
- Jannediminutive · Danish
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Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mariansee also · English
- Maryannequivalent
- Maryanneequivalent
- Maryannaequivalent
- Marjanequivalent
- Marijaneequivalent
- Nannderivative · gmw-ecg
- MarijanaCroatian
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marianne
- Marianne FaithfullEnglish singer and actress (1946–2025)
- Marianne MooreAmerican poet (1887–1972)
- Marianne WilliamsonAmerican political activistborn 1952
- Marianne von WerefkinRussian-German-Swiss expressionist painter (1860–1938)
- Marianne VosDutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racerborn 1987
- Marianne Jean-BaptisteBritish actressborn 1967
- Marianne NorthEnglish philanthropist, painter, biologist and botanical artist (1830-1890)
- Marianne Bachmeiervigilante justice in Germany (1950-1996)
- Marianne HainischAustrian women's rights activist (1839–1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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