Marius
Marius (stress: Márius) is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Marius is originally a Roman family name, comes either from the Roman god of war Mars or from the Latin mas , maris which means "male". The name could also be derived from the Latin mare , which means "sea".
name day
Name day is January 19 ( Marius (martyr) ) or December 31 ( Marius von Avenches ).
variants
- Mario , Italian
- Marijus , Lithuanian
- Mariusz , Polish
- Marush , Albanian
- Marushi , Albanian
- Marijo , Croatian
- Māris , Latvian
- Marianus , Latin
- Mariano , Italian
- Marian , German
Well-known namesake
Name in ancient times
- Aulus Marius Celsus , Roman suffect consul 69
- Gaius Marius (158/157 BC – 86 BC), Roman general and statesman, uncle by marriage of C. Iulius Caesar
- Gaius Marius the Younger (109 BC – 82 BC), his son, 83 BC. Chr. Consul
- Marcus Marius Gratidianus († 82 BC), his nephew, tribune, accuser of Q. Lutatius Catulus
- Marcus Marius (general) († 72 BC), Roman general and politician
- Marcus Marius (Praetor) , Roman politician
- Marcus Marius (Quaestor) , Italian magistrate
- Gaius Marius († 44 BC), the "false Marius" (pseudo-Marius)
- Gaius Marius Marcellus Octavius Publius Cluvius Rufus , Roman suffect consul 80
- Sextus Marius († 33), Spanish mine owner
- Publius Marius , Roman consul 62
- Publius Besius Betuinianus Gaius Marius Memmius Sabinus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marius Maximus (165–230), Roman senator and historian
- Marcus Aurelius Marius († 269), Roman Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
- Marius Victorinus (between 281 and 291 – after 363), Roman rhetorician and Christian scholar
- Tiberius Iulius Candidus Marius Celsus , Roman consul 86 and 105
Saints
- St. Marius († between 268 and 270), martyr and family member of the so-called Holy Three Doctors
- Marius von Avenches (530-594), Bishop of Aventicum
First name
- Oyon Marius Claude Amba (* 1987), Cameroonian chess player
- Marius Babias (* 1962), an art critic, author and curator from Romania who works in Germany
- Marius Besson (1876–1945), bishop in the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg
- Marius Chaîne (1873–1960), Catholic priest and French orientalist
- Marius Clarén (* 1978), German voice actor, author and director
- Marius Constant (1925–2004), French composer and conductor
- Marius Copil (* 1990), Romanian tennis player
- Marius Ebbers (* 1978), German soccer player
- Marius Hiller (1892–1964), German football player
- Marius Hoppe , German kite surfer
- Marius Jacob (1879–1954), French anarchist and folk hero
- Marius Johnsen (* 1981), Norwegian football player
- Marius Jung (* 1965), Afro-German cabaret artist and actor
- Marius Klostermann (* 1983), German American football player
- Marius Lăcătuș (* 1964), Romanian football player, coach and official
- Marius Felix Lange (* 1968), German composer
- Marius von Mayenburg (* 1972), German author and dramaturge
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen (* 1948), German musician and actor
- Marius Petipa (1818–1910), French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Marius Ruhland (* 1975), German film composer
- Marius Skarupskas (* 1981), Lithuanian economic politician, Vice Minister
- Marius Skuodis (* 1986), Lithuanian economic politician , Vice Minister
- Marius Sowislo (* 1982), German soccer player
- Marius Steinert (* 1984), German ice hockey player
- Marius Steinhauser (* 1993), German handball player
- Marius Thomsen (* 1981), German director
- Marius Trésor (* 1950), French football player
- Marius Wolf (* 1995), German soccer player
family name
- Carl Marius (1819–1884), German-Austrian saddler and coach builder
- Georg Marius (1533–1606), German medic
- Grarda Hermina Marius (1854–1919), Dutch art critic and publicist, painter
- Simon Marius (1573–1625), German astronomer
- Wolfgang Marius (1469–1544), Dept.
Other
- Marius (* 1994), eventing horse, gold medalist at the Olympic Games and World Equestrian Games, see Hinrich Romeike