Mario name - Meaning of Mario
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- Italian, Spanish, Croatian, Latin
- Pronounced
- MAH-ryo (Italian, Spanish)
- Mario Meaning
- Italian and Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American race car driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). Mario is a Spanish and Italian variant of Marius. Marius is derived from the Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". Mars was the Roman god of war, known to the Greeks as god Ares. It is also the fourth planet in the solar system. Some sources also suggest that Marius comes from the Latin word for "male". It is a popular masculine given name in some European languages, in the United States its usage is rather rare.
Mario Related Names
Variant: Marijo (Croatian)
Other Languages: Marius (Ancient Roman), Marius (Danish), Marius (Dutch), Marius (French), Marius (German), Marios (Greek), Marijus (Lithuanian), Marius (Norwegian), Mariusz (Polish), Mário, Marinho (Portuguese), Marius (Romanian)
Mario Celebrities
Mario Lemieux - hockey player, Mario Peebles - actor, Mario Adorf - actor, Mario Bates - football player, Mario Diaz - baseball player, Mario Vargas Llosa - author, Mario Lanza - singer,
