[Opinions] Re: Marion / Marian
Marion is technically unisex, but it's been traditionally used for boys for ages. Marion Morrison is the most famous case; he's better known as John Wayne.Additionally, the -on ending looks more masculine to me than the -an ending.So, I prefer Marion for boys (as a masculine form of Mary) and Marian for girls.True, Marie and Maria are used in French-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries, respectively, as male names--usually as mns, paired with 100% masculine fns--, but here in NA that practice is uncommon. Marion is a more familiar, perhaps more accepted alternative if you want honour a Mary by naming your son after her... or if you just like the name.Both Marian and Marion are dated, yes, but that doesn't bother me at all. I think many dated names sound very refreshing amongst the sea of today's popular names.Miranda
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Marion / Marian  ·  shantastic  ·  9/14/2004, 11:05 PM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  h  ·  9/15/2004, 6:39 PM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Evadne  ·  9/15/2004, 9:30 AM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Elinor  ·  9/15/2004, 7:04 AM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Miranda  ·  9/15/2004, 4:06 AM
ditto. MIranda said it better than I could :) nt  ·  beata  ·  9/15/2004, 9:09 AM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Nikki  ·  9/15/2004, 12:59 AM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Beccy  ·  9/15/2004, 12:08 AM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  chazda  ·  9/14/2004, 11:45 PM
Re: Marion / Marian  ·  Chrisell  ·  9/14/2004, 11:11 PM