Where does “Mario” come from?

Mario (German) comes from Italian Mario, from Latin marius — The name of a Roman gens.

Ancestry of “Mario”, step by step

Mario traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Mario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMario—
2LatinmariusThe name of a Roman gens

via Spanish Mario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMario—
Every word from Latin marius →Every word from Italian Mario →