Marius (name)

Marius is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Marius is originally a Roman family name, comes from either the Roman god of war Mars, or from the Latin mas, maris meaning " male " means. Also the name could be derived from the Latin mare, which means "sea".

Name-day

The name day is January 19th.

Variants

  • Marijus, Lithuanian

Well-known bearers of the name

Name in ancient times

  • Aulus Marius Celsus, Roman Suffektkonsul 69
  • Gaius Marius ( 158/157 BC -86 BC), Roman general and statesman, uncle by marriage of C. Julius Caesar
  • Gaius Marius the Younger ( 109 BC -82 BC), whose son, 83 BC Consul
  • Marcus Marius Gratidianus († 82 BC ), his nephew, tribune of the people, Prosecutor of Q. Catulus Lutatius
  • Marcus Marius (commander ) ( † 72 BC ), Roman general and politician
  • Marcus Marius ( praetor ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Marius ( Quaestor ), of Italian magistrate
  • Gaius Marius († 44 BC), the "false Marius " (pseudo -Marius )
  • Marius Maximus ( 165-230 ), Roman senator and historian
  • Marcus Aurelius Marius († 269 ), Roman emperor of the Gallic Empire
  • St. Marius († 268-270 ), martyr and family member of the so-called Holy Three doctors
  • Marius Victorinus ( 281-291 - after 363 ), Roman rhetorician and Christian scholars
  • Marius of Avenches ( 530-594 ), bishop of Aventicum

First name

  • Marius Besson (1876-1945), bishop in the diocese of Lausanne- Geneva - Fribourg
  • Marius Chaîne (1873-1960), Catholic priest and French Orientalist
  • Marius Constant (1925-2004), French composer and conductor
  • Marius Ebbers ( b. 1978 ), German football player
  • Marius Hiller (1892-1964), German football player
  • Marius Jacob (1879-1954) French anarchist and folk hero
  • Marius Klostermann (* 1983), German American football player
  • Marius Lăcătuş ( b. 1964 ), the Romanian football player, coach and functionary
  • Marius Mayen Castle (born 1972 ), German author and playwright
  • Marius Müller -Westernhagen (* 1948), German musician and actor
  • Marius Petipa (1819-1910), French - Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
  • Marius Ruhland (* 1975), German film composer
  • Marius Trésor ( born 1950 ), French footballer

Family name

  • Carl Marius (1819-1884), German -Austrian Sattler and Kutschenbauer
  • Simon Marius (1573-1624), German astronomer
  • Wolfgang Marius (1469-1544), abbot
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