Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". Gaius Marius was a famous Roman consul of the 2nd century BC. Since the start of the Christian era, it has occasionally been used as a masculine form of MARIA.
Usage: Ancient Roman, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian, Romanian
Name day: January 19th: France
Famous People: Gaius Mariuswiki (Diplomat, -157, Italy), Simon Mariuswiki (Astronomer, 1573, Germany)