Alternatives to Marion

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My husbands Mum and My Mum are both called Marion and we would like to honour them by using their name as a middle name. However I feel that having that next to our surname is my mother inlaws name with another name stuck infront of it and we would like to use something a little different! Can anyone provide me with some alternatives or other forms of Marion.
Thank you. xx

Maryanne? Marianne/a?

Arianne
Marianne
Mary
Maria
Marina
Mayan
Maya
Marnie

wow you guys are quick on here!
that was my first post and thought id wait ages for a reply!
Thank you I will keep all of them in mind. xx

Anne-Marie
Iona
all the others I thought of have already been mentioned.

Really like the Biblical Miriam or Austen's Marianne

I love Miriam too.
I once met a Mariamne, who was very beautiful and clever.

Or Marigold?

The Scottish version of Marion is Mirren. I know one girl (aged eight) with the name but had never heard of it before. I think it's quite pretty though.

How about Merryn? Not quite the same, but not too far removed either!!!

Could you use it as a third name, or have another middle name after?

Ooh Mirren is gorgeous, use that, use that.

Hi there

the Gaelic translation of Marion is Muireall (or Muriel).

Actually there is another one I know of, hadn't remembered it before:
Merrian

I used to know someone called that, lovely variation.

MariamMari/Mhari

how about mari? i know a mari...not sure if its welsh, or a shortened form of something else, but i love it.

Mhari is pronounced Vari though - I know a Mhairi and she told me after I'd made a mistake with it . Should have known but I'd forgotten that in Gaelic, the mh makes a V sound, same as the bh does.

I know a Mhari and she doesn't pronounce it V....

I know a Marianna. Think it is lovely.

Mariella?
I second Merryn and Mirren - they're lovely names. Never heard of them before but they may be making it onto my list!

Mairi and Mhairi are actually the same name, just different cases. Mairi is pronounced with an M, Mhairi with a V, but if I understand correctly in Gaelic any one person would be known as both in different situations. Am I right or wrong?

Maribel
Marisol
Mariel
Maura
Muireann

Merryn after the Cornish saint
Marianne is the best though, v classy and pretty.

I love Merryn, that would definitely be a contender for my next theoretical DD.

I once knew a Marianthe (pronounced Mari-ann-thee) which is really pretty.

Miriam.

Meryem

If you really want to honour them just go with Marion. It's only a middle name. Otherwise just pick anything else you like. Once you deviate from Marion it's not really about them

Hope that doesn't sound rude. I say this as someone who as used some dull middle names for this reason!