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The meaning and history of the name Marius.


MARIUS

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)
Popularity: *Popularity is given by the percentage of usage over the years.