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I love the name Marian since it was my nana's name. She was the most kick-butt sweet lady I've ever known. She fought around half of her life through cancer and the after-effects of having cancer treatments. She was a type A person who let nothing slow her down or stop her. She was very beautiful in her youth and the best looking old lady I've ever met. She was old-school in that she always dressed up when leaving the home. She always liked to look her best. She loved to read and to cook and to garden and tell us stories. Both her and my grandpa were great story tellers. They were always telling us stories. She could really hold a grudge but it would have to be something grudge worthy. She might not talk to someone for a while if she was upset with them but she would soon enough forgive them. The only person she never forgave was one of her sisters who screwed over their brother. She said she would never talk to her again when she was in her 30's and she never did speak to her again. She died in her 80's even though the doctors always thought that she didn't have much time to live. I guess my nana was always my hero because she was a feisty woman who never gave up. Kind of like one of my other heroes my great-grandma Ella who recently died at the age of 113. She was another feisty old lady who I looked up to.

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Sorry got sort of off topic. I am very fond of the name Marian and Marianna / Mariana. Mar names are a tradition in my nana's side of the family. I'm a Marisa. I have an aunt Mary. My nana had other Mar siblings and I think her mother was named Maria. I like Marian since it has the Robin Hood literature connected to it and it has a nice sound to it. I plan on giving a daughter the mn of Marian if I ever have a daughter. For all I know I could end up with three sons. If that did happen I'd probably try to convince my partner that we should adopt a daughter. Same thing if we had all daughters I'd probably try to convince him that we should adopt a son. On topic again I think that some people would assume Marion and others would assume Marian. It would depend on the person and which spelling they grew up seeing more. I usually assume Marian when I meet Marian's / Marion's. When I see the spelling Marion I think of Marionberries. Sorry if I have rambled a lot. I actually just woke up. I blaming it on that, not the fact that I love to talk especially about my nana. :)

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This message was edited 10/7/2011, 12:18 PM