Mario (given name)

Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Nigerian English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.

Mario
PronunciationUK: /ˈmæri/
US: /ˈmɑːri/
Italian: [ˈmaːrjo]
GenderMale
Language(s)Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek, English

In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and was the most common name in the 1970s.[1]

The Portuguese version of the name is spelled Mário (to indicate that the "a" is stressed).

It is also associated with the highly popular and beloved Nintendo franchise Super Mario and its eponymous character Mario.

Notable people and characters named Mario include:

Given name

Artists and musicians

Politicians

Sportsmen

Others

Surname

Fictional characters

  • Mario, Nintendo video game character

See also

References

  1. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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