Marilyn (given name)
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Marilyn is a feminine given name.
Origin and meaning
Marilyn is a blend of the English given names Mary and Lynn.[1] It began to be used in the 1920s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Variants of the name includes: Maralyn, Marilynn, Marlyn, Marylyn, Merrilyn, Marrilyn, Merilyn and Merrilyn.[2]
Notable bearers of the name Marilyn
Notable people with the name include:
- Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), British entertainer
- Marilyn Agliotti (born 1979), Dutch-South African field hockey player
- Marilyn Bergman (born 1929), American composer, songwriter and author
- Marilyn Borden (1932–2009), American singer and actress
- Marilyn Brick, Canadian politician
- Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), American pornographic actress
- Marilyn French (1929–2009), American author
- Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic and reviewer
- Marilyn Horne (born 1934), American opera singer
- Marilyn Manson (born 1969), American musician and artist
- Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress
- Marilyn McCoo (born 1943), American singer and actress
- Marilyn Milian (born 1961), judge on the television show The People's Court
- Marilyn Miller (1898–1936), Broadway performer
- Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress
- Marilyn Quayle (born 1949), American lawyer, author and Second Lady of the United States
- Marilyn Scott (born 1949), American singer
- Marilyn Singer (born 1948), American author of children's books
- Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946), American columnist and author
- Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford (born 1947), American singer
- Marilyn Ramenofsky (born 1946), American freestyle swimmer
- Marilyn Cole (born 1949), Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month
- Marilyn Waltz (1931-2006), Playboy magazine's February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 Playmate of the Month
- Marilyn Ziering, an American business executive and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California
Characters
- Marilyn Whirlwind, a character in the Northern Exposure TV series