Where does “Marilyn” come from?

Marilyn (English) comes from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים, from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם.

Marilyn (English): A mountain or hill with a relative height of at...

Definitions

  1. A mountain or hill with a relative height of at...

Ancestry of “Marilyn”, step by step

Marilyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaryA male homosexual
2Frenchmariefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Old FrenchMarie—
4LatinMarīaMary mother of Jesus
5Ancient GreekΜαρίαMary, Maria
6Hebrewמִרְיָם—
7Aramaicמריםbitter
8Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—

via English Lynn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLynnA local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
2Proto-Brythonicllɨnnpool
3Proto-Celticlindomliquid; lake

Words derived from “Marilyn”

Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Aramaic מרים →