Marius (name)

Marius

Pronunciation	Latin: [ˈmarius]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Latin
Origin
Region of origin	Roman Empire
Other names
Alternative spelling	MARIVS
Variant form(s)	Mario, Mariusz
Derived	Mars, mas, or mar

Marius is a male given name and a Roman family name. The Spanish and Italian name Mario and the Slavic name Mariusz are derived from Marius.

The name Marius itself is derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". Often thought to be from the Roman word mar meaning "sea".

In Christian times, it was syncretized as a masculine form of the unrelated feminine given name Maria, from the Hebrew Miriam, Aramaic variant Mariam, and used alongside it.

The name Marius may refer to:

Roman name

• Gaius Marius (157 BC — 86 BC), Roman general
• Gaius Marius the Younger, son of Gaius Marius
• Gaius Marius Victorinus (4th century) Roman philosopher
• Marcus Aurelius Marius, (d.268), Gallic Emperor
• Marius Maximus (fl. early 3rd century), Roman senator and biographer of Emperors

Given name

• Marius Borg Høiby (b. 1997), first child of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
• Marius Job Cohen (b. 1947), Dutch jurist and politican
• Marius Constant (1925–2004), French composer and conductor
• Marius Ebbers (b. 1978), German footballer
• Marius Gabriel (b. 1954), South African author
• Marius Goring (1912–1998), English actor
• Marius Lăcătuş (b. 1964), Romanian footballer
• Marius von Mayenburg (b. 1972), German actor and playwright
• Marius Moga (b. 1981), Romanian music artist (little Mozart)
• Marius Müller-Westernhagen (b. 1948), German musician and actor
• Marius Petipa (1819–1910), French-Russian ballet dancer / choreographer
• Marius Trésor (b. 1950), French footballer
• Marius Urzică (b. 1975), Romanian gymnast

Surname

• Clinton Marius (b. 1966), South African performer and writer
• Richard Marius (1933–1999), Reformation scholar
• Simon Marius (1573–1624), German astronomer (Simon Mayr)