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Nicknames for Mario

Mario Bros, Mari, MA-MA, Rio, Mari-Hoe

Meanings and history of the name Mario

Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male". Gaius Marius was a famous Roman consul of the 2nd century BC. Since the start of the Christian era, it has occasionally been used as a masculine form of MARIA.

Famous real-life people named Mario

Mario Lanza, opera singer
Mario Andretti, race car driver
Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Mexican comic actor
Mario Kreutzberger, real name of entertainer Don Francisco
Mario Lopez, actor and entertainer
Mario Batali, chef
Mario Pei, linguist
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author.
Mario Minniti, Italian painter
Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather
Mario Barrett, an R&B singer who goes by simply Mario
Mario Manningham, an NFL player
Mario Lemieux, NFL player
Mario Monti, former prime minister of Italy
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
Mario Götze,German footballer and the scorer of the winning goal at the 2014 wc
Mario Gomez,German footballer
Mario Selman, Social Media (Musical.LY, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube)

Mario in song, story & screen

Portrait of Mario Varvogli, famous painting by Amedeo Modigliani
Mario from Super Mario games
Mario, a character from the 1976 thriller The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Mario Auditore, from the video game Assassin's Creed II
Mario, the main character of the manga Mario by Masashi Kishimoto
Mario Andretti #11 from the Pixar franchise Cars