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Mario
MarioSay it MAH-ree-oh
- Meaning today
- Manly, warlike
- Original meaning
- "from Marius, the name of a Roman gens; no meaning given" Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. Marius
- Say it
- MAH-ree-oh
- Other spellings
- Marius
Mario
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Mario meaning
Mario is a Christian boy's name of Latin origin (via Italian, Spanish and Portuguese).
Meaning today
Manly, warlike
Original Latin (via Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) meaning
"from Marius, the name of a Roman gens; no meaning given"
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. Marius · entry Marius · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Mario is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Marius, the name of a Roman family. The Online Etymology Dictionary records Marius only as a Roman family name, made famous by the general Gaius Marius, and gives no meaning. Name lists offer "manly" or "warlike", linking it with Latin mas, "male", or with Mars, the god of war, but neither link is established, and Mario is also popularly taken as a boy's form of Maria. In India it is a Goan name, carried most famously by the cartoonist Mario Miranda, whose drawings of Goan village and city life are loved across the country.
References: Online Etymology Dictionary, Marius · Wikipedia, Mario Miranda
Famous namesakes
- Mario Miranda, Goan cartoonist
Popularity abroad
- #438 United States, boys 2025 (down 40 from 398 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #856 England and Wales, boys 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Mario · Marius