Merian (name)
Merian is a family name and a male first name .
Origin and meaning
Merian is a family name that is common in German-speaking countries. The name gained particular fame through the Basel patrician family, see Merian (family) . The best-known representatives are Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593–1650), engraver and publisher, and Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and artist.
Name bearer
family name
- Amadeus Merian (1808–1889), Swiss architect
- Andreas Merian-Iselin (1742–1811), Swiss politician, Landammann and counter-revolutionary
- Caspar Merian (1627–1686), German engraver
- Christel Merian (also Christel Merian-Noack; 1933–2012), German actress and voice actress
- Christoph Merian (1800–1858), Swiss landowner and founder
- Emanuel Merian (1732–1818), Swiss Protestant clergyman
- Gerhard Merian (1879–1940), German publisher
- Johann Bernhard Merian (1723–1807), Swiss philosopher
- Johann Merian-Forcart (1770-1856), officer in French. and Sardinian services, bankers, politicians
- Johann Rudolf Merian (1674–1722), French knight master of Swiss origin
- Johann Rudolf von Merian (1717–1784), Prussian major general of Swiss origin
- Johann Rudolf Merian (1797–1871), Swiss mathematician and politician
- Johann Rudolf Merian (1820–1891), Swiss officer, politician and patron
- Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian (1830–1917), Swiss industrialist and politician
- Leon Merian (1923-2007), American jazz musician
- Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), German naturalist and artist
- Matthäus Merian ( the elder; 1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher
- Matthäus Merian the Younger (1621–1687), Swiss-German painter and engraver
- Peter Merian (1795–1883), Swiss geologist
- Peter Merian (manufacturer) (1709–1801), Swiss manufacturer and politician
- Philipp Merian (1773–1848), Swiss businessman, philanthropist and founder of the foundation
- Rudolf Merian (1820–1891), Swiss officer
- Svende Merian (* 1955), German writer
- Theodor Hoffmann-Merian (1819–1888), Swiss businessman, politician, director and author
- Theodor Meyer-Merian (1818–1867), Swiss doctor and writer
First name
- Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973), American pilot, actor, director, screenwriter and producer