Marilyn (given name)

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, Marrilyn, Marillyn, Merilyn, Merrelyn and Merrilyn.[2]

• Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), British entertainer
• Marilyn Agliotti (born 1979), Dutch-South African field hockey player
• Marilyn Anderson, Australian scientist
• 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 Gladu (born 1962), Canadian politician
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic and reviewer
• Marilyn Hall (c. 1927-2017), Canadian-born American producer and philanthropist
• Marillyn Hewson (born 1953), executive of Lockheed Martin
• Marilyn Horne (born 1934), American opera singer
• Marilyn Howard (1939–2020), American politician
• Marilyn Kidd (born 1964), Australian rower
• 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 Strickland (born 1962), American politician
• 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
• Marilynn Webb (born 1937), New Zealand artist

A variation of Marylin is Merrelyn, sometimes spelled as Merrilyn. Notable people with the name include:

• Merrelyn Emery, Australian psychologist, co-refiner with Fred Emery of the Search Conference participative planning process
• Merrilyn Gann (born 1963), Canadian actress
• Merrilyn Goos, Australian mathematician
• Merrilyn (Merri) Rose (born 1955), Australian politician

• Marilyn Whirlwind, a character in the Northern Exposure TV series
• Marilyn (Mario character), a character in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Marilyn Lee, a character from the book Everything I Never Told You