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What does Marius mean?

Marius Pronunciation of Marius as a name for boys has its root in Latin, and Marius means "manly; dedicated to Mars". Marius is an alternate form of Mario (Latin) and its source form. Marius is also a derivative of Mark (Latin).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mar-, -ius

ASSOCIATED WITH dedicated (faithful)

Variations

OTHER FORMS VIA MARIO, MARK Marc, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marek, Marianus, Markey, Marko, Markos, Markov, Markus, Marq, Marque, Marques, Marquus

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Marius Dion (M.D.), ..

How popular is Marius?

Marius is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#63297 out of 150436, Top 42%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Marius entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its peak rank of #1414 in the U.S. then, but is not ranked currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marius name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marius outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Marc (#826 VIA LATEST LIST), Marco (#359), Marcos (#432), Marcus (#209), Marek (#1617), Mario (#325), Mark (#210), Marko (#1849), Markus (#1000) and Marques are the popular variation forms of Marius. Adoption of these relations of Marius reached its most widespread in the 1960s (MEDIAN #911) and has become significantly diminished since (#984, DOWN 85%), with versions like Marcus becoming less fashionable.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marius, Marc, Marco, Marcos, Marcus in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marek, Mario, Mark, Marko, Markus, Marques in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marc, Marcus, Mark, Markus outside U.S.

Similar Names

Marius is pronounced similarly to Maurice, Maurise, Maurus, Morice, Moris, Moriz, Morris and Morriss. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arius, Baris, Caius, Dacius, Darias, Darious, Darius, Darrius, Fabius, Faris, Gaius, Jaris, Jarius, Macarius, Magnus, Magus, Manus, Marcas, March, Marcio, Marik, Marimo, Marino, Marinos, Marinus, Marion, Markiss, Marqui, Marquis, Mars, Marsh, Martinus, Marx, Marzo, Mateus, Matias, Maurids, Maurits, Maximus, Moricz, Myrick, Paris and Sirius. These names tend to be more commonly used than Marius.

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