Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Hebrew.
Marion is a girl's and boy's baby name of French origin, a French diminutive of Marie — from the Hebrew Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness," "rebelliousness," or "wished-for child." Marion developed as an independent given name in medieval France and spread throughout the English-speaking world.
Marion was in the U.S. top 20 girls' names from the 1880s through the 1930s. Indiana Jones' beloved Marion Ravenwood gave the name an adventurous, spirited quality; Maid Marian of Robin Hood legend gives it a romantic one. Marion Cotillard, the French Oscar-winning actress, keeps it cosmopolitan and effortlessly chic.