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I like Marian! Mostly because of Robin Hood too, it gives me a medeival feel because of it :)
Marion is okayish, but I much prefer Marian. Also, I've met a boy named Marion, so I think of Marian as "girl" and Marion as "unisex". Plus Marion doesn't have the association of Maid Marian.
I don't think people would spell it like that too often. It might be a regional thing (right now I'm going to school in Iowa, fairly near to a city called Marion. So if I introduced myself as Marian here I might get a few Marion spellings because of that, but I think Marian would be more popilar in other places.)
I don't think Marianne is all that similar to Marian, actually. Marianne seems like more of a Mary Anne mashup, and it has a completely different feel despite having "Marian" in it.
I'd be happy to see it. I'd like it with a middle name that made me think "medeival" in some way, or maybe a naturey one. Marian Cecily, Marian Siobhan, Marian Ivy, Marian Wren, Marian Guinevere (too much?)