French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew
Miriam
Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
The To ...
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
''Marianna'' (''Μαριάννα'') was used.
In 18th century France Marianne became a popular name as a variant of
Marian
Marian may refer to:
People
* Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia
* Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
* Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
*Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
* Marian, Queensla ...
, Marie. It can also be seen as a combination of Marie and Anne. It gave inspiration to several double names such as ''Marie-Anne'', ''Anne-Marie'' as well as other variants such as ''Anna Maria'', ''Ana-Maria'' and ''Marianna'' and alternate spellings ''Mary Ann'' and ''Mary Anne''. The combination of the two names has also been popular with
Christians
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because
Saint Anne
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is traditionally the name of the mother of the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
Marianne Berndt
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, shot putter and discus thrower
*
Marianne Clausen
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Marianne Faithfull
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Marianne Githens
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, political scientist, feminist, and author
*
Marianne Golz
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, opera singer and World War II resistance member
*
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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, actress
*
Marianne W. Lewis
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, Dean of the
Cass Business School
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Marianne Lundquist
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(1931–2020), Swedish swimmer
*
Marianne Moore
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Early life
Moore was born in Kirkwood, ...
Marianne Rendón
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, American actress
*
Marianne Rosenberg
Marianne Rosenberg (born 10 March 1955) is a German Schlager music singer and songwriter.
Personal background
Rosenberg is of Roma and Sinti background. Her father, Otto, an Auschwitz death camp survivor, was an activist on Roma and Sinti ...
, singer
*
Marianne Steinbrecher
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, volleyball player
*
Marianne Timmer
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Speed skating career
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Marianne von Martines
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Background
Marianna Martines's paternal gran ...
Marianne Vos
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After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...
, road-, track- and cross-cyclist
*
Marianne Williamson
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(born 1952), activist, humanitarian, entrepreneur and
candidate
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* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
* ...
for
President of the United States
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Mariane Amaro
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* Mariane van Hogendorp, Dutch feminist
* A character in
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...
Marianna Kambouroglou
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She was born August 12, 1819, in Athens
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, Greek folklorist
*
Marianna Lubomirska
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Daughter of Grand Marshal of the Crown Józef Karol Lubomirski, the son of Voivode of Kraków Aleksander Michał Lubomirs ...
Marianna Zachariadi
Marianna Zachariadi ( el, Μαριάννα Ζαχαριάδη; 25 February 1990 – 29 April 2013) was a Greece, Greek pole vaulter who later competed for Cyprus.
She won silver in Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, pole vault a ...
, Greek pole vaulter
*
Marianna Zorba
Marianna Zorba ( el, Μαριάννα Ζορμπά; born 1 December 1967 in Athens) is a Greek singer and a music teacher. She loves ethnic and folk music. In 1997 she represented Greece in the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest. She was engaged to Mano ...
, Greek singer
Fictional characters
* Marianne, a character in the light novel series ''Shakugan no Shana''
* Marianne, the protagonist of a trilogy of novels by
Sheri S. Tepper
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Code Geass
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''
* Marianne Bryant, played by
Amanda Bynes
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in the film ''
Easy A
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Tilda Swinton
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in '' A Bigger Splash''
* Marianne Sheridan, the protagonist of the Irish novel '' Normal People''
* Marianne Thornberry, from animated television series ''
The Wild Thornberrys
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Mariana (disambiguation)
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
Music
*"Mariana", a so ...