English

Proper noun

Marius

1. A male given name.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Marius.

Proper noun

Marius

1. A male given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:22 364 males with the given name Marius have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Faroese

Proper noun

Marius m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Marius: Mariusarson or Mariusson
• daughter of Marius: Mariusardóttir or Mariusdóttir

Declension

French

Proper noun

Marius

1. A male given name of Latin origin.

Anagrams

• murais

German

Proper noun

Marius

1. A male given name of Latin origin.

Latin

Proper noun

Marius m ‎(genitive Mariī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: Marius
• Italian: Mario
• Polish: Mariusz
• Portuguese: Mário
• Spanish: Mario

References

• Marius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Marius, can also be interpreted as a masculine equivalent of Maria. First recorded in Norway in the 18th century.

Proper noun

Marius

1. A male given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 807 males with the given name Marius living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.