Marjan
Marjan is a Dutch, Polish, and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral".
- Dutch
- Slovene
- Macedonian
- Serbian
Meaning & Origin of Marjan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marjan is a Dutch, Polish, and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
- Slovene
- Macedonian
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Persian
- Kazakh
The Story of Marjan
Marjan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 16 births, good for #6,978 nationwide. About 27% of every Marjan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marjan ranks #8,511 for baby girls with 11 births, rising sharply (+78% over the past five years). All told, over 278 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marjan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marjan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Marianne
- Marijan
- Marzhan
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About the name Marjan
Marjan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 278 births in the dataset. Marjan's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #4,673. Use the chart and map above to compare Marjan'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.