Mario

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England/ˈmaɹiəʊ/England/ˈmɑːɹiəʊ/US/ˈmɑɹioʊ/US/ˈmæɹioʊ/

proper noun

A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

“It's-a me! Mario!”

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper nounMario (plural Marios)

plural Marios

  1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

    It's-a me! Mario!

    3 more examples

    Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80

    Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.

    2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82

    But there’s no need to bug out if you see the fuzzy eight-legged creature, as they’re pretty much harmless, said Mario Padilla, head entomologist at the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center near Denver.

    2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNN
nounMario (plural Marios)

plural Marios

  1. abbreviationellipsisfigurativelyautomotiveEllipsis of Mario Andretti (“one who drives fast or recklessly”).

Origin

  1. LatinMarius
  2. SpanishMario
  3. EnglishMario

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مَارْيُو
  • مَارْيُو (māryū)the given name
Bulgarian Марио
  • Мариоthe given name
Chinese Mandarin 馬里奧 /马里奥
  • 馬里奧 /马里奥 (Mǎlǐ'ào)the given name
Esperanto Mario
  • Mariothe given name
German Mario
  • Mariothe given name
Hebrew מריו
  • מריוthe given name
Hindi मारियो
  • मारियो (māriyo)the given name
Italian Mario
  • Mariothe given name
Japanese マリオ
  • マリオthe given name
Korean 마리오
  • 마리오the given name
Persian ماریو
  • ماریوthe given name
Polish Mariusz
  • Mariuszthe given name
Portuguese Mário
  • Máriothe given name
Punjabi ਮਾਰੀਓ
  • ਮਾਰੀਓ (mārīo)the given name
Romanian Mario, Марио
  • Mariothe given name
  • Мариоthe given name
Russian Ма́рио
  • Ма́рио (Mário)the given name
Spanish Mario
  • Mariothe given name
Swedish Mario
  • Mariothe given name
Urdu ماریو
  • ماریو (māryo)the given name
Yiddish מאַריִאָ
  • מאַריִאָ (mario)the given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Mario. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mario

MLA

“Mario.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mario. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mario,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mario.

Source: Mario on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.