King Michael I of England, Son of Henry VIII and Catherine

they might also be surprised to find themselves used as examples of mediaeval naming. they are also all Americans, and with the greatest will in the world, American naming conventions over the last century have somewhat...deviated...from common English practice, viz gender of names and use of very rare names. Marion may be a fine American name and I respect that, but it's not a strong choice for a European king.
From my admittedly limited personal experience, I have known 2 British male Marions and around a dozen British female Marians. I was told by the males that the 'o' version is masculine and the 'a' version feminine. Doubtful, as I have read of female Marions, though not male Marians.
 
Mary Tudor could be known as King Edward Mary as a male starting a trend of males with Mary as part of their names.
 
From my admittedly limited personal experience, I have known 2 British male Marions and around a dozen British female Marians. I was told by the males that the 'o' version is masculine and the 'a' version feminine. Doubtful, as I have read of female Marions, though not male Marians.

Were they Welsh? If so you may be thinking of the Welsh name Meieron (pronounced My-run). It's possible you've come across male Marions (you should know better than me after all) but I've never met a one, and British people such as myself tend to be pretty conservative with their choice of names. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule.

I must admit the only Marion (or Marian) I've ever heard of is Maid Marion of the Robin Hood tales. I'd be tempted to read Marian as Marianne (or Mary-Anne). But still, I'm sure there must be some British Marions around, but not as 16th century kings...
 
Mary Tudor could be known as King Edward Mary as a male starting a trend of males with Mary as part of their names.

This is common in Romance nations, especially France, as de Gaulle and many other men have had the name Marie in their names. But in the English language it just doesn't work.
 
That does make sense. But it does not make sense for Henry and Katherine to name their first born son is named MICHAEL. It would be Henry or Edward, even besides Henry VIII being Defender of the Faith and Katherine being as pious as she was.

Michael could be a name used for the "spare", probably. Or, say, the baby happened to be born on the Archangel's feast day, so even with "Henry" being used, it could be something like "Henry Michael".
 
Regarding the Mark/Marc thing: these two names are just variants of one another. The k might be more popular in the Anglo-Saxon world though. As for the c-variant, that's how it's generally written in France: so, sorry if I tend to use names from my native country :D

I've seen both the k-variant and c-variant of the name written in (North American) English, and there is no clear preference.
 
Well, ignoring that Henry and Edward would be more likely, anyone named after a saint and born on 18th Feb would be called Simeon since 18 Feb is the feastday of St Simeon of Jerusalem.
Could fit in neatly with Catharine's catholicism.
 
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