Marius (name)
Marius is a male given name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname.
The name Marius was used by members of the Roman gens Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root mas or maris meaning "male". It may also derive from the Latin word meaning "sea", the plural of which is maria.
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.
Today, the name Marius is a common given name in Romania, Norway, and Lithuania. The name is also used in France, Denmark, Germany, Catalonia, the Netherlands, and South Africa.
The Greek name Marios, the Italian and Spanish name Mario, the Polish name Mariusz, and the Portuguese name Mário are all derived from Marius.People
The name Marius may refer to:Romans
- Gaius Marius, Roman general
- Gaius Marius the Younger, son of Gaius Marius
- Gaius Marius Victorinus Roman philosopher
- Marcus Aurelius Marius,, Gallic Emperor
- Marcus Marius , Roman quaestor and proquaestor
- Marcus Marius Gratidianus, Roman praetor
- Marius Maximus, Roman senator and biographer of Emperors
Given name
- Marius Ambrogi, French fighter pilot in both World Wars
- Marius Amundsen, Norwegian footballer
- Marius Antonescu, Romanian rugby union player
- Marius Bianchi, French politician
- Marius Borg Høiby, first child of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
- Marius Bourrelly, French poet and playwright
- Marius Brenciu, Romanian operatic tenor
- Marius Bunescu, Romanian painter
- Marius Cazeneuve, French stage magician
- Marius Job Cohen, Dutch jurist and politician
- Marius Constant, French composer and conductor
- Marius Copil, Romanian tennis player
- Marius Ebbers, German footballer
- Marius Gabriel, South African author
- Marius Girard, French poet
- Marius Goring, English actor
- Marius Grigonis, Lithuanian basketball player
- Marius Grout, French writer
- Marius Hasdenteufel, French World War I flying ace
- Marius Jouveau, French poet
- Marius Lăcătuş, Romanian footballer
- Marius von Mayenburg, German actor
- Marius Mercator, Latin Christian ecclesiastical
- Marius Mircu, Romanian journalist and memoirist
- Marius Mitrea, Romanian–Italian rugby union referee
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German musician and actor
- Marius Nasta, Romanian physician and scientist
- Marius Michel Pasha, French architect and lighthouse builder
- Marius Petipa, French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Marius Roustan, French politician.
- Marius Russo, American baseball player
- Marius Sestier, French cinematographer
- Marius Trésor, French footballer
- Marius Urzică, Romanian gymnast
- Marius Yo, Japanese–German singer
Surname
- Clinton Marius, South African performer and writer
- Richard Marius, American Reformation scholar
- Simon Marius or Simon Mayr, German astronomer
- Simon Marius or Simon Mayr, German composer
Fictional or legendary characters
- Marius of Britain, legendary king of the Britons during the Roman occupation
- Marius Pontmercy, in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables
- Marius de Romanus, in the Vampire Chronicles novels
- Marius, protagonist of the novel Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater
