The name Marni originates from several languages, including
Hebrew
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, meaning "rejoice", and
Latin
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as a variant of "
Marina", meaning "of the sea".
It also has derivations from
Gaelic and
Swahili. "Marni" and "Marnie" are the two most common spellings of the female first name, ranking 2,446 and 1,498, respectively, out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
Variants
Due to its many derivations, a number of alternate spellings and related variant names exist, including:
* Marni
* Marnee
* Marnie
* Marny, a Scandinavian variant of Marina
* Marney
* Marne
* Marna
* Marnette
* Marnina
People with the given name
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Marnie Baizley
Marnie Baizley (born July 24, 1975 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professional squash player who represented Canada during her career. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 30 in July 1999 after having joined the Women's Internationa ...
(born 1975), Canadian squash player
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Marnie Bassett
Flora Marjorie (''Marnie'') Bassett (30 June 1889 – 3 February 1980) was an Australian historian, biographer and travel writer. Her writing focussed on women's and family history, with particular attention to people from Australia.
Earl ...
(1889–1980), Australian historian and biographer
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Darcey Bussell
Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is an English retired ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest ''Strictly Come Dancing''.
Trained at the Arts Educational Sc ...
(born Marnie Crittle in 1969), English ballerina
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Marnie Gillett (1953-2004), American arts administrator
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Marnie Hughes-Warrington
Marnie Hughes-Warrington is an Australian academic who currently serves as professor of history at the University of South Australia, where she has also served since 2020 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise). She previously work ...
(born 1970), Australian professor and author
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Marni Jackson, Canadian non-fiction author
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Marnie McBean
Marnie Elizabeth McBean, (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian former rower. She is a three-time Olympics gold medallist.
Rowing career
A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, McBean competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the coxless ...
(born 1968), Canadian rower and triple Olympic champion
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Marnie McGuire (born 1969), former New Zealand professional golfer
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Marni Nixon
Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films. She is now recognized as the singing voice of leading a ...
(1930–2016), Hollywood voice specialist
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Marnie Peters, Canadian wheelchair basketball player
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Marnie Reece-Wilmore
Marnie Reece-Wilmore (born 10 January 1974) is an Australian actress from Sydney. She is best known for her role playing Debbie Martin in '' Neighbours'', and was the third actress to portray the character.
Career
Reece-Wilmore is best known ...
(born 1974), Australian actress
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Marnie Schulenburg (1984-2022), American actress
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Marnie Simpson
Marnie Simpson (born 17 January 1992) is an English television personality. She appeared on the MTV reality series '' Geordie Shore''. In 2016, she finished in fourth place on the eighteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', and appeared on ...
(born 1992), English reality TV star from ''Geordie Shore''
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Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern (born March 18, 1976) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist. She has garnered acclaim for her technical skill and tapping style of guitar play. Stern is also a current member of The 8G Band from the show ''Late Ni ...
(born 1976), American songwriter and guitarist
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Marni Thompson
Marni Thompson is a Canadian actress, whose most extensive starring role was in ''Paradise Falls'', a soap opera on Showcase Television, starting in 2001. She played ''Valerie Hunter'', a bored local police officer in a small community.
Except ...
, Canadian actress
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Marnie Weber (born 1959), American artist
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Marnie Woodrow
Marnie Woodrow (born 1969) is a Canadian comedian and writer and editor. She has also worked as an editor, magazine writer and as a researcher for TV and radio.
Woodrow has published two short fiction collections, ''Why We Close Our Eyes When We ...
(born 1969), Canadian writer and journalist
People with the surname
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Helen Marnie
Helen Marnie (born 21 February 1978) is a Scottish musician, known as the lead vocalist and one of the keyboardists and songwriters of the electronic music, electronic band Ladytron. In 2012, she started a solo career as Marnie and released her ...
(born 1978), Scottish musician with the band Ladytron
See also
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Marney, a surname
References
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