Marilyn is a feminine given name.
Origin and meaning
Marilyn is a blend of the English given names Mary and Lynn. 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, Marrilyn, Merilyn, Merrelyn and Merrilyn.
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 Cole (born 1949), Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month
Marilyn French (1929–2009), American author
Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic and reviewer
Marilyn Horne (born 1934), American opera singer
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 Ramenofsky (born 1946), American freestyle swimmer
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 Waltz (1931-2006), Playboy magazine's February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 Playmate of the Month
Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford (born 1947), American singer
Marilyn Ziering, an American business executive and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California
The American musician and artist Brian Hugh Warner goes by the stage name Marilyn Manson. His stage name was formed by juxtaposing the names of two opposing American pop cultural icons, actress Marilyn Monroe and cult leader Charles Manson; as an actual given name, Marilyn is not used as a male name.
Marilyn Whirlwind, a character in the Northern Exposure TV series
