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Where does “Marion” come from?

Marion derives from Old French Marion, formed with the diminutive suffix Old French -on applied to Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, which came from Aramaic מַרְיָם, itself from Aramaic מרים, ultimately rooted in Proto-Italic -os and Proto-Indo-European -ós.

Ancestry of “Marion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchMarion—
2Old FrenchMarie—
3LatinMarīa—
4Ancient GreekΜαρία—
5Hebrewמִרְיָם—
6Aramaicמריםbitter
7Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →