Marion is the medieval French diminutive of Marie — from the Hebrew *Miryam* ("beloved, star of the sea"). **Originally also masculine**; in the United States the use as a feminine first name surpassed male use around 1920. **A top-50 US baby name from 1907 to 1929**. **Marion Cotillard (born 1975)** — **French actress; Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in *La Vie en Rose* (2007) — the first French-language performance to win the Best Actress Oscar and the first French actress to win it since Simone Signoret in 1959**. **Three César Awards; *Inception* (2010), *Two Days, One Night* (2014, second Oscar nomination)**. **Marion Jones (born 1975)** — American track sprinter whose 5 Sydney 2000 Olympic medals were stripped after admission of doping; subject of *No Excuses* memoir (2010)**. **Marion Ross** — *Happy Days* (1974). **Maid Marion** is the female lead of Robin Hood legend.
Featured throughout French cinema and American legal-sports histories.
Marion reduces to six — the number of Édith Piaf.