Marius

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Roman family name, probably with a connection to the God Mars
a) Latin mas, maris = 'man' ^[1]
b) Latin mare = 'sea, ocean' ^[1]

2) Male form of Maria

Related Names

Mario	♂
Marius	♂
Maríus	♂
Marjus	♂

See also Marianus

Name Days

Faroe Islands

19 January

Norway

19 January

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Marius
Accusative:	Marius
Dative:	Mariusi
Genitive:	Mariusar

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[2]		0	0	13070	14807
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	3199	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	499	827
Finland[5]		n.a.	2	n.a	672
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][3][2][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[2]:

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [2] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi