Marius is a male

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. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman ''

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (plural: ''stirpes''). The ''gen ...

Maria Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god

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or from the

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root ''mas'' or ''maris'' meaning "male". It may also derive from the Latin word ''

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'' meaning "sea", the plural of which is ''maria''. In Christian times, it was syncretized as a masculine form of the unrelated feminine given name

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Miriam Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Tora ...

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

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 the Philippines, France, Denmark, Germany,

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, the Netherlands, and South Africa. The

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name Marios (Μάριος), the Italian and Spanish name

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, the

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name Mariusz, and the Portuguese name Mário are all derived from Marius.

People

Notable people with the name include:

Romans

* Gaius Marius (157–86 BC), Roman general *

Gaius Marius the Younger Gaius Marius "the Younger" (c. 110 – 82 BC) was a Roman republican general and politician who became consul in 82 BC with Papirius Carbo. He fought in Sulla's civil war. He committed suicide that same year at Praeneste, after his defeat by ...

(ca. 110/108–82 BC), son of Gaius Marius *

Gaius Marius Victorinus Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer; fl. 4th century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher. Victorinus was African by birth and experienced the height of his career during the reign of Constantius II. ...

(4th century AD) Roman philosopher *

Marcus Aurelius Marius Marcus Aurelius Marius was emperor of the Gallic Empire in 269 following the assassination of Postumus. Reign According to later tradition, he was a blacksmith by trade, earning the nickname '' Mamurius Veturius'', a legendary metalworker in ...

, (d. AD 269), Gallic Emperor * Marcus Marius (quaestor 76 BC) (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

76 BC), Roman quaestor and proquaestor *

Marcus Marius Gratidianus Marcus Marius Gratidianus (c. 125 – 82 BC) was a Roman praetor, and a partisan of the political faction known as the populares, led by his uncle, Gaius Marius, during the civil war between the followers of Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. As p ...

(d. 82 BC), Roman praetor * Marius Maximus (fl. early 3rd century AD), Roman senator and biographer of Emperors

Given name

* Marius Ambrogi (1895–1971), French fighter pilot in both World Wars * Marius Amundsen (born 1992), Norwegian footballer * Marius Antonescu (born 1992), Romanian rugby union player * Marius Bianchi (1823–1904), French politician * Marius Borg Høiby (born 1997), first child of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway * Marius Bourrelly (1820–1896), French poet and playwright * Marius Brenciu (born 1973), Romanian operatic tenor * Marius Bunescu (1881–1971), Romanian painter * Marius Cazeneuve (1839–1913), French stage magician * Marius Clore (born 1955), British-American molecular biophysicist and structural biologist * Marius Job Cohen (born 1947), Dutch jurist and politician * Marius Constant (1925–2004), French composer and conductor * Marius Copil (born 1990), Romanian tennis player * Marius Crainic (born 1973), Romanian mathematician * Marius Ebbers (born 1978), German footballer * Marius Gabriel (born 1954), South African author * Marius Girard (1838-1906), French poet *

Marius Goring Marius Re Goring, (23 May 191230 September 1998) was a British stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in '' A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian C ...

(1912–1998), English actor *

Marius Grigonis Marius Grigonis (born 26 April 1994) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of , he plays at the shooting guard position. Early career Before star ...

(born 1994), Lithuanian basketball player * Marius Grout (1903–1946), French writer * Marius Hasdenteufel (1894–1918), French World War I flying ace * Marius Jouveau (1878–1949), French poet * Marius Kižys (born 1982), Lithuanian footballer * Marius Lăcătuş (born 1964), Romanian footballer *

Marius von Mayenburg Marius von Mayenburg (born 21 February 1972 in Munich) is a German playwright and dramaturg. Education In 1994, Mayenburg began his studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. His first play, '' Haarmann'', was first performed at Baracke ...

(born 1972), German actor * Marius Mercator (about 390–451), Latin Christian ecclesiastical * Marius Mircu (1909–2008), Romanian journalist and memoirist * Marius Mitrea (born 1982), Romanian–Italian rugby union referee *

Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know his anthem-like ...

(born 1948), German musician and actor * Marius Nasta (1890–1965), Romanian physician and scientist * Marius Michel Pasha (1819-1907), French architect and lighthouse builder *

Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...

(1819–1910), French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer * Marius Roustan (1870-1942), French politician. * Marius Russo (1914–2005), American baseball player (pitcher) * Marius Sestier (1861–1928), French cinematographer * Marius Trésor (born 1950), French footballer * Marius Tucă (born 1966), Romanian journalist and TV host presenter * Marius Urzică (born 1975), Romanian gymnast * Marius Yo (born 2000), Japanese–German singer

Surname

* Clinton Marius (1966–2020), South African performer and writer * Richard Marius (1933–1999), American Reformation scholar *

Simon Marius Simon Marius ( latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach. He is most known for being among the first ...

or Simon Mayr (1573–1624), German astronomer *Simon Marius or

Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the ...

(1763–1845), German composer

Fictional or legendary characters

Marius de Romanus Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (193 ...

, an ancient Roman vampire in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles book series * Marius of Britain, legendary king of the Britons during the Roman occupation *

Marius Pontmercy Marius Pontmercy () is a fictional character, one of the protagonists of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel ''Les Misérables''. He is a young student, and the suitor of Cosette. Believing Cosette lost to him, and determined to die, he joins the revoluti ...

, in Victor Hugo's novel ''Les Misérables'' *Marius, protagonist of the novel '' Marius the Epicurean'' by Walter Pater *Marius Von Hagen, one of the four male leads in the otome game '' Tears of Themis'' *Marius Titus, the playable protagonist in the video game '' Ryse: Son of Rome''

People

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