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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Mario ♂ (Italian) From the Roman family name Marius, but in modern times generally taken as a masculine equivalent of Maria.

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