Date
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Roman, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Lithuanian
Pronounced Pron. /ˈma.ri.us/(Latin) /ˈmɛɹ.i.əs/(English) /ˈmæɹ.i.əs/(English) /ˈma.rjus/(Romanian) /ˈmaː.ʁi.ʊs/(German) /ˈmaː.ri.ʏs/(Dutch) /ma.ʁjys/(French)
Meaning & History
Roman family name that was derived either from Mars, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". Gaius Marius was a famous Roman consul of the 2nd century BC. Since the start of the Christian era, it has occasionally been used as a masculine form of Maria.