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145k
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since 1880
Last Name
711
in the U.S.
in 2010
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  1. Related Names
  2. Pronunciation
  3. Meanings and Origins
  4. Notable Persons Named Mario
  5. Notable Persons With the Last Name Mario
  6. Popularity by Year and Gender
  7. Regional Popularity
  8. Ethnicity Distribution
  9. Fun Facts
  10. What Marios Have Visited This Page?
  11. Name Poster

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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Mario mean? Find out below.

Origin and Meaning of Mario

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  • A submission from California, United States says the name Mario means "God of war" and is of Italian origin.
  • According to a user from Pennsylvania, United States, the name Mario is of Spanish origin and means "Good and kind".
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Wiktionary

From Italian and Spanish Mario, both of whom derive from Latin Marius.

  1. A male given name.

Mario was also found in the following language(s): Esperanto, Estonian, German, Italian, Latin, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish

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Notable Persons Named Mario

Mario Balotelli

Mario Balotelli is a soccer player for the A.C. Milan, Liverpool F.C., A.C. Lumezzane, Inter Milan, Manchester City F.C., Italy national under-21 football team, and Italy national football team. Mario was born on August 12th, 1990 in Palermo, Italy.

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Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi is a Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, Governor of the Bank of Italy, President of the European Central Bank, Chairman of theFinancial Stability Board, and Governor of theBank of Italy. Mario was born on September 3rd, 1947 in Rome.

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Mario Götze

Mario Götze is a soccer player for the FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and Germany national youth football team. Mario was born on June 3rd, 1992 in Memmingen, Germany.

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Terence Hill

Terence Hill is an actor. He was most prominent from 1951 to 1951. Terence was given the name Mario Girotti on March 29th, 1939 in Venice.

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Mario Gómez

Mario Gómez is a soccer player for the Beşiktaş J.K., ACF Fiorentina, SSV Ulm 1846, VfB Stuttgart II, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich, and Germany national youth football team. Mario was born on July 10th, 1985 in Riedlingen, West Germany.

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Mario Chalmers

Mario Chalmers is a basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. He has been prominent since 2008. Mario was born on May 19th, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Mario

João Mário

João Mário is a soccer player for the Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal B, Vitória F.C., Portugal national under-16 football team, and Portugal national under-17 football team. João was born on January 19th, 1993 in Porto, Portugal. João is also known as João Mário Eduardo.

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Mario

Mario is a contemporary r&b musician. He has had major accomplishments since 2001. Mario was given the name Mario Dewar Barrett on August 27th, 1986.

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Ernest Mario

Ernest was born on June 12th, 1938.

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Disco King Mario

Disco was born in 1956. He passed away in 1994.

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Tania Di Mario

Tania was born on May 4th, 1979 in Rome.

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Luís Mário

Luís Mário is a soccer player for the Rio Branco Esporte Clube, Clube do Remo, Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, FC Seoul, Coritiba Foot Ball Club, Vitória S.C., Clube Atlético Mineiro, Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, and Botafogo de Fut. Luís was born on November 1st, 1976 in Vigia, Pará.

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How popular is the baby name Mario in the U.S.?

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Year Total Babies Born Girls Born Boys Born
1897 7 0 7
1900 5 0 5
1901 6 0 6
1902 10 0 10
1903 6 0 6
1904 13 0 13
1905 14 0 14
1906 15 0 15
1907 20 0 20
1908 28 0 28
1909 27 0 27
1910 47 0 47
1911 56 0 56
1912 152 0 152
1913 166 0 166
1914 289 0 289
1915 354 0 354
1916 379 0 379
1917 365 6 359
1918 351 0 351
1919 353 0 353
1920 408 0 408
1921 509 7 502
1922 451 0 451
1923 503 0 503
1924 484 0 484
1925 507 5 502
1926 525 7 518
1927 502 10 492
1928 486 9 477
1929 448 5 443
1930 455 6 449
1931 393 0 393
1932 344 0 344
1933 317 0 317
1934 314 8 306
1935 303 0 303
1936 300 6 294
1937 271 0 271
1938 297 0 297
1939 238 0 238
1940 293 0 293
1941 271 0 271
1942 301 0 301
1943 331 0 331
1944 340 0 340
1945 350 5 345
1946 390 7 383
1947 499 0 499
1948 621 0 621
1949 612 5 607
1950 743 0 743
1951 870 6 864
1952 973 0 973
1953 1,006 11 995
1954 1,080 8 1,072
1955 1,089 13 1,076
1956 1,217 8 1,209
1957 1,158 5 1,153
1958 1,193 8 1,185
1959 1,213 11 1,202
1960 1,333 10 1,323
1961 1,308 12 1,296
1962 1,326 13 1,313
1963 1,326 8 1,318
1964 1,368 10 1,358
1965 1,302 12 1,290
1966 1,307 14 1,293
1967 1,328 19 1,309
1968 1,379 25 1,354
1969 1,653 22 1,631
1970 1,927 26 1,901
1971 1,927 25 1,902
1972 1,958 28 1,930
1973 2,052 33 2,019
1974 2,091 29 2,062
1975 2,089 32 2,057
1976 2,056 29 2,027
1977 2,155 33 2,122
1978 2,261 33 2,228
1979 2,734 31 2,703
1980 2,973 38 2,935
1981 2,741 26 2,715
1982 2,687 27 2,660
1983 2,401 28 2,373
1984 2,373 24 2,349
1985 2,440 27 2,413
1986 2,510 36 2,474
1987 2,781 43 2,738
1988 2,923 32 2,891
1989 2,873 30 2,843
1990 2,846 24 2,822
1991 2,598 23 2,575
1992 2,642 17 2,625
1993 2,484 14 2,470
1994 2,482 16 2,466
1995 2,403 13 2,390
1996 2,386 8 2,378
1997 2,304 9 2,295
1998 2,267 6 2,261
1999 2,295 7 2,288
2000 2,333 0 2,333
2001 2,228 12 2,216
2002 2,269 6 2,263
2003 2,364 6 2,358
2004 2,269 9 2,260
2005 2,298 0 2,298
2006 2,300 5 2,295
2007 2,286 0 2,286
2008 2,169 6 2,163
2009 1,938 0 1,938
2010 1,707 0 1,707
2011 1,597 0 1,597
2012 1,442 0 1,442
2013 1,419 0 1,419
2014 1,364 0 1,364
2015 1,288 0 1,288
2016 1,153 0 1,153
2017 1,129 0 1,129
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Where is the name Mario popular?

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Popularity of Mario as a first name

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Popularity of Mario as a last name

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Common last names for Mario

  • Gonzalez
  • Rodriguez
  • Martinez
  • Garcia
  • Hernandez
  • Lopez
  • Perez
  • Sanchez
  • Fernandez
  • Diaz
  • Torres
  • Rivera
  • Alvarez
  • Ruiz
  • Gomez
  • Ramos

Common first names for Mario

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Mario U.S.
█  White 50.77% 64.26%
█  African American 8.16% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 12.24% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 27.43% 16.26%

Of Last Name Mario

People with the last name Mario are most frequently White, Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Mario

  • What name lists does Mario rank for?
    #57Unique Boy Names
    #29Boy Names Unique to the West
  • How Popular is the name Mario? Mario is the 492nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Mario was the 32,365th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Mario have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 145,110 babies born with the first name Mario in the United States. That's more than enough people named Mario to occupy the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with an estimated population of 109,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Mario? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1897 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Mario first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Mario is Thursday, November 2nd, 1871.
  • What year had the most people named Mario born? The highest recorded use of the first name Mario was in 1980 with a total of 2,935 babies. That's a lot of babies named Mario!
  • Random Mario Factoid: According to the 1948 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Mario ranks 91st in popularity as a baby boy's name in Texas. Imagine that, 227 babies in Texas have the same name as you in 1948.
  • Weird things about the name Mario: Your name in reverse order is Oiram. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Moria. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Mario? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 711 people with the last name Mario.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Mario? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Mario as their last name since less than 1 person in 417k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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