Marcia () is a female given name of Italian origin, derived from Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". It is a female form of Marcius. Marcy/Marcie is a short form.
Notable people and characters with this name include:
People
Queen Marcia, legendary monarch of Britain Marcia (mistress of Commodus) Marcia (mother of Trajan) Marcia (wife of Cato) Marcia (vestal), Roman Vestal Marcia Anastasia Christoforides
Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the United States Army Reserve Marcia Andrade Braga, Brazilian military officer and peacekeeper Marcia Angell, American physician and author Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist Marcia Sherlon Barnwell, Vincentian politician Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-British singer Marcia Brown, American writer and illustrator Marcia Ciol, Brazilian-American statistician Marcia Clark, American prosecutor, author, television correspondent and television producer Marcia Cross, American actress Marcia Cruz-Correa, Puerto Rican physician-scientist and gastroenterologist Marcia Davenport, American writer and music critic Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, British labor politician, civil servant and life peer Marcia Fudge, American attorney and politician Marcia Gallo, American historian and author Marcia Mitzman Gaven, American actress Marcia Griffiths, Jamaican reggae singer Marcia Gudereit, Canadian curler Marcia Hammon, American politician Marcia Gay Harden, American actress Marcia Herndon, American ethnomusicologist Marcia Hines, Australian singer Marcia Hutchinson, British writer and politician Marcia A. Karrow, American politician Marcia V. Keizs, Jamaican academic Marcia Kramer, American journalist Marcia Langton, Australian Aboriginal scholar and activist Marcia Layne, British playwright Marcia Lucas, American film editor Marcia Lee Macdonald, American photographer Marcia MacMillan, Canadian journalist Marcia Marcus, American painter Marcia Marx, American artist Marcia Mead, American architect Marcia Neave, Australian legal academic and judge Marcia Pankratz, American field hockey player Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough, British countess Marcia Y. Riggs, American scholar, professor and theologian Marcia Rodd, American actress Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer Marcia Theophilo, Brazilian poet Marcia Trimble, American murder victim Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian Marcia Yockey, American weather presenter
Fictional characters Marcia Barton in the film The Creature Walks Among Us Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch Marcia Overstrand of the book series Septimus Heap
See also Marcia (gens) Marcie Márcio Marcius (disambiguation) Marcus (name), the male equivalent Marsha Marzia (given name)
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