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We used Mary as a mn for our first daughter after her late grandmother who had been Bertha Maria and was Afrikaans. We preferred the sound and length of Mary in context (Caroline Beatrice Mary), while not disliking Maria at all. With shorter names around it, Maria would be fine.

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I wouldn't like to use Marian. I'd expect it to sound like Mary+un, but I mostly hear it like Marion, with a short -a-, which I don't like. Marian is also too adjectival and therefore too Catholic!

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I love Marianne though - happy memories of Sense and Sensibility - and would use it cheerfully as a fn.