Marian may refer to:

People

Marian (given name) Marian is a unisex given name. As a feminine given name, it is a variant spelling of Marion, a French diminutive form of Marie that has been used by English–speakers since the Middle Ages. It has also sometimes been considered a combination o ...

, a list of people with the given name *

Marian (surname) Marian is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Boris Marian (born 1934), Moldovan writer, translator, journalist and Soviet dissident * Ciobann Marian, Romanian sprint canoeist * Ferdinand Marian (1902–1946), Austrian actor * Mic ...

, a list of people so named

Places

* Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queensland, a town in Australia * Marian, a village in toe commune of Hîrtop, Transnistria, Moldova *

Lake Marian Lake Marian is an alpine lake at the southern end of the Darran Mountains in the Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. The lake is located just above the treeline in a hanging valley leading northwest from the Hollyford Vall ...

, New Zealand *

Marian Cove Marian Cove () is a cove indenting the southwest part of King George Island between Collins Harbour and Potter Cove, in the South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, ...

, King George Island, South Shetland Islands * Mt Marian, Tasmania, a mountain in Australia * Marian, Albania, a village near

Lekas Lekas is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the List of cities and towns i ...

, Korçë County

Christianity

* Marian, an adjective for things relating to the

Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic) The veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church encompasses various devotions which include prayer, pious acts, visual arts, poetry, and music devoted to her. Popes have encouraged it, while also taking steps to reform some manifestations of it. ...

, specifically

Marian devotions Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions. They are performed in Catholicism, High Church Lutheranism, Anglo-Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Orien ...

Congregation of Marian Fathers The Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary () is a Catholic male clerical religious congregation founded, 1670, in Poland. It is also known as Marians of the Immaculate Conception. Its members ...

, also known as Marians of the Immaculate Conception, a Roman Catholic male clerical congregation

Schools

Marian Academy Marian Academy is a Private school, private Catholic school, Catholic nursery, primary and secondary school, located in Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana. It is situated on Carifesta Avenue in central Georgetown. History The school was ope ...

, a Roman Catholic private school in Georgetown, Guyana * Marian College (disambiguation) * Marian High School (disambiguation) *

Marian University (Indiana) Marian University is a private university, private Catholic university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1851 by the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, Indiana, the college moved to Indianapolis in 1937. Marian was known as M ...

* Marian University (Wisconsin) *

The Marian School Marian Catholic School is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary school located in Currajong, a suburb of City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It currently has approximately 350 students and is administered by Catholic Educa ...

, a Catholic private school in Currajong, Queensland, Australia

Music

* "Marian", a song by the British gothic rock band

The Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band formed in Leeds in 1980. After achieving early underground fame, the band experienced a commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s, sustaining their success until the early 1990s, when they halted th ...

* Marian Records, a record label

Other uses

Maid Marian Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circums ...

, legendary companion of Robin Hood * Marian, an adjective for things relating to

Gaius Marius Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbrian War, Cimbric and Jugurthine War, Jugurthine wars, he held the office of Roman consul, consul an unprecedented seven times. Rising from a fami ...

* Marian, an adjective for things relating to the

Mari people The Mari ( ), also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, are a Finno-Ugric peoples, Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River, Kama rivers in Russia. They live mostly in the Mari E ...

of Russia * Marian, a student of

Mount St Mary's School (New Delhi) Mount St. Mary's School is a Patrician Brothers' School run by the Brothers of St Patrick. It is located in Delhi Cantt, Delhi, India, at 75, Parade Road. The school was established in 1963. The current principal is Bro. Tomy Varghese Histo ...

, India * Marian, a student of

Saint Mary's University of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Saint Mary's University is a private Catholic higher education institution owned and operated by the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It was founded in June 1928. Saint Mary's Univ ...

, Philippines *

Marian Apartments (disambiguation) Marian Apartments may refer to: * Marian Apartments (Griffin, Georgia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Spalding County, Georgia * Marian Apartments (Lafayette, Indiana), also NRHP-listed {{disambig ...

, two places on the US National Register of Historic Places * Marian Party, those Scots who remained loyal to

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was List of Scottish monarchs, Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legit ...

in the disputes following her deposition *

UCD Marian UCD Marian is an Irish basketball team based in Dublin that competes in the Super League. The team is a division of UCD Marian Basketball Club and is directly associated with the University College Dublin. History Early years Marian Basketball Cl ...