Maren is a Germanic feminine given name. Originally, it has been a

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variation of the name Marina. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Maren Ade Maren Ade (; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she ...

(born 1976), German film director, screenwriter and producer * Maren Elisabeth Bang (1797–1884), Norwegian cookbook writer *

Maren Baumbach Maren Baumbach (born 14 January 1981 in Stuttgart) is a German handball player. She played for the club FCK Handball. She won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship. She competed with the German national team a ...

(born 1981), German handball player * Maren Brinker (born 1986), German volleyball player *

Maren Derlien Maren Derlien (born 17 December 1975 in Hamburg) is a German rower. In 1999 she won the World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada in the quad sculls boat. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 she also rowed at the World Rowing Championships. She ...

(born 1975), German rower *

Maren Eggert Maren Eggert (born 30 January 1974) is a German actress. She is best known for playing the role of Frieda Jung in the German TV series '' Tatort''. Another notable appearance of her is the role of Dora in the 2001 film '' Das Experiment'', oppos ...

(born 1974), German actress *

Maren Hammerschmidt Maren Hammerschmidt (born 24 October 1989) is a former German biathlete. She has won a bronze and a gold medal with the German Women's Relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2016 and 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, ...

(born 1989), German biathlete *

Maren Hassinger Maren Hassinger (born Maren Louise Jenkins in 1947) is an African-American artist and educator whose career spans four decades. Hassinger uses sculpture, film, dance, performance art, and public art to explore the relationship between the natural ...

(born 1947), African-American sculpture artist * Maren Haugli (born 1985), Norwegian long track speed skater *

Maren Jensen Maren Kawehilani Jensen (born September 23, 1956) is an American former model and actress, best known for portraying Lieutenant Athena in the 1978–79 television series ''Battlestar Galactica''. Jensen also made guest appearances in several US ...

(born 1956), American model and actress *

Maren Juel Maren Juel (18 March 1749 – 20 February 1815) was a Norwegian landowner, regarded as the wealthiest woman in Norway at her time. She was born in Christiania (now Oslo) as the daughter of timber trader and civil servant Hans Juel (1702–17 ...

(1749–1815), Norwegian landowner * Maren Knebel (born 1985), German sprint canoer * Maren Kock, (born 1990), German middle-distance runner *

Maren Kroymann Maren Kroymann (; born 19 July 1949) is a German actress, comedian and singer. Career Kroymann was born in Walsrode. She studied English, Roman studies, and American studies at University of Tübingen. After spending time in Paris and the U ...

(born 1949), German actress and singer *

Maren Lundby Maren Lundby (born 7 September 1994) is a Norwegian ski jumper. She is one of the most successful ski jumpers, male or female, having won three consecutive World Cup overall titles (an all-time record), thirty individual World Cup wins, and gold ...

(born 1994), Norwegian ski jumper *

Maren Meinert Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for ...

(born 1973), German footballer *

Maren Mjelde Maren Nævdal Mjelde (born 6 November 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Chelsea and captains the Norway national team. She previously played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Da ...

(born 1989), Norwegian footballer *

Maren Morris Maren Larae Morris (born April 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter. While rooted in the Country music, country genre, her music also blends elements of Pop music, pop, R&B music, R&B, and Hip-Hop music, hip-hop. Born and raised in Arlingt ...

(born 1990), American country singer, songwriter, and record producer *

Maren Niemeyer Maren Niemeyer (born 8 May 1964) is a German journalist, documentary filmmaker and cultural manager Life Niemeyer was born in the Hanseatic city of Bremen and took her A-levels at the Kippenberg Gymnasium. She studied journalism, German philo ...

(born 1964), German journalist, author and documentary filmmaker *

Maren Ord Maren Whitney Ord (born February 28, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music. Early life Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, the eighth of ten children. She grew up in a musical family; her father was a professor ...

(born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music *

Maren-Sofie Røstvig Maren-Sofie Røstvig (27 March 1920 – 24 January 2014) was a Norwegian literary historian. Her doctoral thesis from 1950 treated English poetry from the 17th century. Early life and World War II She was born in Melbu in Hadsel, a daughter of ...

(1920–2014), Norwegian literary historian *

Maren Sars Maren Cathrine Sars (née Welhaven; 17 August 1811 – 27 December 1898) was a Norwegian socialite. Personal life She was born in Bergen as a daughter of priest Johan Ernst Welhaven (1775–1828) and Else Margrethe Cammermeyer (1785–1853), the ...

(1811–1898), Norwegian socialite *

Maren Schwerdtner Maren Schwerdtner (born 3 October 1985) is a German heptathlete. Born in Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13 ...

(born 1985), German heptathlete *

Maren Seidler Maren Elizabeth Seidler (born June 11, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American track and field athlete. She dominated the shot put from the mid 1960s through 1980. She won the event at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships elev ...

(born 1951), American track and field athlete *

Maren Skjøld Maren Rotstigen Skjøld (born 29 September 1993) is a Norwegian retired alpine skier. At the 2014 Junior World Championships she participated in five events, with an 11th place in super combined as her best result. She made her FIS Alpine Ski W ...

(born 1993), Norwegian alpine skier * Maren Ueland (died 2018), Norwegian female murder victim

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Jerry Maren Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film '' The Wizard of Oz.'' He became the last surviving adult Munchki ...

(1920–2018), American actor * Juan Marén (born 1971), Cuban wrestler *

Michael Maren Michael Maren (born November 15, 1955) is an American journalist, screenwriter, and director. He spent seventeen years as a foreign correspondent based in Africa, writing for magazines like,''The Village Voice'', ''Newsweek'', ''The New Republ ...

(born 1955), American journalist and screenwriter * Thomas H. Maren (1918–1999), American professor of medicine at the University of Florida

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