Marion

(female), (male) Originally a medieval French diminutive form of Marie, introduced to Britain in the Middle Ages. In some places it was taken as a pet form of Margaret or Margery. As a male name, it is an altered form of the Continental male name Marian, a derivative of Latin Marianus (from Marius), but is now rarely, if ever, used. It was the birth name of the American film star John Wayne (1907–79).