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Marilyn¹

  • /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ US
  • /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ US

Where it comes from

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

proper noun

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Maybe you know my grand-daughter, the one with the non-Somali name - Marilyn. You won't believe it, but she was named for me, and my own is Maryam. She tells me that Marilyn is the name of a famous actress who's now dead. You know the young these days, bringing mysteries and foreign ways into our li

Marilyn²

  • /ˈmæɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ US
  • /ˈmɛɹ.ɪ.lɪn/ US

Where it comes from

Named after Marilyn Monroe, as a pun on Munro (“any Scottish mountain taller than 3,000 feet”).

noun Marilyns

  1. UK A mountain or hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marlene, apollo, philip, marlin, marlins, marylin, icon, siren, actress, celebrity, bombshell, starlet, glamourpuss, temptress, legend, stunner

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"Marilyn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marilyn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Marilyn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marilyn

Chicago

"Marilyn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marilyn.

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@misc{marilyn_2026,
  title = {Marilyn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marilyn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}