Marilyn is a feminine given name.

Origin and meaning

Marilyn is a blend of the English given names Mary and

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. First record of the name Marilyn: Marilyn Spencer Foster born 1510 in England. It began to be used increasingly in the 1920s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Variants of the name includes: Maralyn, Marelyn, Marilynn, Marlyn, Marylyn, Marrilyn, Marillyn, Merilyn, Merrelyn and Merrilyn.

Notable people

* Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), British entertainer * Marilyn Agliotti (born 1979), Dutch-South African field hockey player *

Marilyn Anderson Marilyn Anderson is an Australian scientist and entrepreneur in the area of biochemistry and plant molecular biology. She is a professor at La Trobe University and co-founded Hexima, an agribiotechnology company, in 1998. Biography Anderson s ...

, Australian scientist *

Marilyn Aschner Marilyn Jane Aschner (born March 8, 1948) is an American former professional tennis player. She was an Orange Bowl doubles champion in 1966, and she won a gold medal at the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel in doubles with partner Julie Heldman. S ...

(born 1948), American professional tennis player * Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022), American composer, songwriter and author * Marilyn Borden (1932–2009), American singer and actress * Marilyn Brick, Canadian politician *

Marilyn Chambers Marilyn Ann Taylor (née Briggs; April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009), known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate. She was known f ...

(1952–2009), American pornographic actress * Marilyn Cole (born 1949), ''Playboy'' magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month *

Marilyn French Marilyn French (; November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American radical feminist author. Life French was born in Brooklyn to E. Charles Edwards, an engineer, and Isabel Hazz Edwards, a department store clerk. In her youth, she was a jour ...

(1929–2009), American author * Marilyn Gladu (born 1962), Canadian politician * Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic and reviewer * Marilyn Hall (c. 1927-2017), Canadian-born American producer and philanthropist * Marillyn Hewson (born 1953), executive of Lockheed Martin * Marilyn Horne (born 1934), American opera singer *

Marilyn Howard Marilyn Lenore Howard (April 18, 1939July 13, 2020) was an American politician from Idaho who served as the 23rd Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1999 to 2007. She is the most recent member of the Democratic Party to have held sta ...

(1939–2020), American politician *

Marilyn Kidd Marilyn Joan Kidd (born 23 November 1964) is an Australian rower. Kidd competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 Aug ...

(born 1964), Australian rower * Marilyn Lewis (1931–2020), American politician * Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress * Marilyn McCoo (born 1943), American singer and actress * Marilyn Milian (born 1961), judge on the television show ''The People's Court'' * Marilyn Miller (1898–1936), Broadway performer *

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

(1926–1962), American actress * Marilyn Quayle (born 1949), American lawyer, author and Second Lady of the United States * Marilyn Ramenofsky (born 1946), American freestyle swimmer * Marilyn Scott (born 1949), American singer * Marilyn Singer (born 1948), American author of children's books *

Marilyn Strickland Marilyn Strickland (born September 25, 1962) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district. The district is based in the state capital of Olympia, and also includes much of eastern Tacom ...

(born 1962), American politician * Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946), American columnist and author *

Marilyn Waltz Marilyn may refer to: * Marilyn (given name) * Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer * Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m * 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid * ''Marilyn'' (195 ...

(1931–2006), ''Playboy'' magazine's February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 Playmate of the Month * Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford (born 1947), American singer * Marilyn Ziering, American business executive and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California * Marilynn Webb (born 1937), New Zealand artist

Stage name

Brian Hugh Warner Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...

, American musician and artist who goes by the stage name "Marilyn Manson"

Merrelyn

A variation of Marylin is Merrelyn, sometimes spelled as ''Merrilyn''. Notable people with the name include: * Merrelyn Emery, Australian psychologist, co-refiner with Fred Emery of the Search Conference participative planning process * Merrilyn Gann (born 1963), Canadian actress *

Merrilyn Goos Merrilyn Goos is an Australian mathematics educator. From October 2017 to June 2021, she was Professor of STEM Education and Director of EPI*STEM at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She then returned to Queensland to take up a position at ...

, Australian mathematician * Merrilyn (Merri) Rose (born 1955), Australian politician

Characters

Marilyn Whirlwind The following are fictional characters who appeared in ''Northern Exposure'', an American television series which originally aired on CBS from July 1990 to July 1995. Main characters ; Joel Fleischman : Joel (Rob Morrow) is the central character ...

, a character in the ''Northern Exposure'' TV series * Marilyn (''Mario'' character), a character in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' *Marilyn Lee, a character from the book

Everything I Never Told You ''Everything I Never Told You'' is the 2014 debut novel by Celeste Ng. The novel topped Amazon's Best Books of the Year list for 2014. The novel is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a nearb ...

References

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