Marianna
Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam, Mirjam. In late Greek Marianna (Μαριάννα) was used.
- Italian
- Hungarian
- Slovak
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Marianna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam, Mirjam. In late Greek Marianna (Μαριάννα) was used.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Hungarian
- Slovak
- Polish
- Finnish
- Estonian
- Latvian
- Russian
- Greek
- English
The Story of Marianna
American parents first put Marianna on the record books as a baby girl name in 1883, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 419 Mariannas were born — ranking #678 that year. As of 2026, Marianna ranks #875 for baby girls with 310 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 19K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Marianna
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Names that sound like Marianna
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About the name Marianna
Marianna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Marianna's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #609. Use the chart and map above to compare Marianna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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