Baby name
CLASSIC
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 Marius
/MAH · ree · us/
Meaning
“Latin family name turned given name”
Latin family name turned given name, from the ancient Roman gens Maria; popularized by Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, which keeps it literarily alive.
Nicknames
mari
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Ages well in Europe; feels intellectual and classic without stuffiness.
The cultural moment.
Top 20 in Romania for decades; steady in France and Norway through the 2000s.