Mario (name)

Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Czech, Norwegian, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovene, Polish, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, Maltese, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.

Use in various countries

The Forebears.io database lists the name Mario as #9 by rank in Italy, #20 in Mexico, #18 in Argentina, #15 in Guatemala for 2014.

In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and was the most common name in the 1970s.

The Portuguese version of the name is spelt Mário (this name has an accent on the letter A because it is a paroxytone word ending in a diphthong).

Notable people and characters named Mario include:

People Artists and entertainments

Mario (tenor) (1810–1883), Giovanni Matteo de Candia, Italian operatic singer Mario VI (born 1978), Puerto Rican musician Mario (American singer) (born 1986), Mario Dewar Barrett, an American R&B singer Mario Abbate (1927–1981), Italian singer and actor Mario Abramovich (1926–2014), Argentine violinist and composer Mario Acerbi (1887–1982), Italian painter Mario Adorf (1930–2026), German actor and writer Mario Fernando Aguilera, Argentinian choreographer Mario Albertelli (1904–1966), Italian cinematographer Mario Alcalde (1926–1971), American film and television actor Mario Almirante (1890–1964), Italian film director Mario Altéry (1892–1974), French operatic tenor Mario Amaya (1933–1986), American art critic Mario Amura (born 1973), Italian photographer and cinematographer Mario Ancona (1860–1931), Italian operatic singer Mario Andreacchio (born 1955), Australian film director Mario Armstrong, radio and television talk show host Mario Aspa (1797–1868), Italian composer Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1958), Maltese-Canadian television and film director Mario Baffico (1907–1972), Italian film director and screenwriter Mario Balassi (c. 1604–1667), Italian painter Mario Baltadjiev, Bulgarian composer Mario Bardi (1922–1998), Italian painter Mario Baroffio, Argentine actor Mario Barravecchia (born 1976), Belgian Italian singer Mario Barri (1928–1963), Filipino actor Mario Barth (born 1972), German comedian Mario Basiola (1892–1965), Italian opera singer Mario Bassil, Lebanese actor, comedian, TV presenter, producer and director Mario Bauzá (1911–1993), Cuban-American jazz musician and composer Mario Bava (1914–1980), Italian filmmaker Mario Beltrami (1902–1987), Italian painter Mario Bencomo, Cuban artist Mario de Benito (born 1958), Spanish composer Mario Bernardi (1930–2013), Canadian conductor and pianist Mario Bernardo (1919–2019), Italian cinematographer Mario Berriatúa (1925–1970), Spanish actor Mario Bertoncini (1932–2019), Italian composer, pianist and music educator Mario Besesti (1894–1968), Italian actor and voice actor Mario Bettinelli (1880–1953), Italian painter Mario Bianchelli, Italian composer Mario Bianchi (1939–2022), Italian film director Mario Biazzi (1880–1965), Italian painter Mario Biondi (born 1971), Italian singer Mario Bonnard (1889–1965), Italian actor and film director Mario Bonotti, Italian film editor Mario Borgiotti (1906–1977), Italian politician Mario Braggiotti (1905–1996), American pianist Mario Brandenburg (born 1983), German politician Mário Brasini (1921–1997), Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director Mario Brega (1923–1994), Italian actor Mario Brell (c. 1936–2021), German tenor Mario Brenta (born 1942), Italian film director Mario Brunello, Italian cellist and musician Mario von Bucovich (1884–1947), Austrian photographer Mario Caiano (1933–2015), Italian film director and archaeologist Mario Caldato, Jr. (born 1961), Brazilian-American record producer and engineer Mario Calire (born 1974), American musician Mario Camerini (1895–1981), Italian film director and screenwriter Mario Camus (1935–2021), Spanish film director and screenwriter Mario Canali (born 1952), Italian painter Mario Canaro (c. 1903–1974), Argentine musician Mario Cantone (born 1959), American comedian and actor Mario Capuana, 17th-century Italian composer Mario Carbone (1924–2025), Italian director and photographer Mario Caribé, Brazilian bassist Mario Carillo (1883–1958), Italian actor Mario Carotenuto (1916–1995), Italian actor Mario Carreño Morales (1913–1999), Cuban-Chilean painter Mario Carrero (born 1952), Uruguayan musician Mario Casas (born 1986), Spanish actor Mario Casaleggio (1877–1953), Italian stage and film actor Mario Caserini (1874–1920), Italian film director Mario Casilli (1931–2002), American photographer Mario Castañeda (born 1962), Mexican voice actor Mario Castellani (1906–1978), Italian actor Mario Castelnuovo (born 1955), Italian singer-songwriter and composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), Italian-Jewish composer Mario Castiglione (born 1995), know professionally as Mameli, Italian singer-songwriter Mario Cau (born 1984), Brazilian comics artist Mario Cavaglieri (1887–1969), Italian painter Mario Cecchi Gori (1920–1993), Italian film producer Mario Ceroli (born 1938), Italian sculptor Mario Cerrito (born 1984), American filmmaker Mario Chamlee (1892–1966), American opera singer Mario Chianese (1928–2020), Italian painter Mario Chicot, also simply Mario, zouk singer from Guadeloupe Mario Cimarro (born 1971), Cuban actor Mario Cipollina (born 1954), American bass guitarist Mario Colli (1915–1989), Italian actor and voice actor Mario Comensoli (1922–1993), Swiss painter Mario Cortiello (1907–1981), Italian painter Mario Craveri (1902–1999), Italian cinematographer, director and screenwriter Mário Cravo Neto (1947–2009), Brazilian photographer Mario Cruz, American musician Mario Da Vinci (1942–2015), Italian singer and actor Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990), Italian American sculptor and furniture designer Mario Davidovsky (1934–2019), Argentine-American composer Mario Dedivanovic (born 1983), American makeup artist Mario Del Monaco (1915–1982), Italian opera singer Mario Demarco (1917–1970), Argentine musician Mário Simões Dias (1903–1974), Portuguese musician Mario Domm (born 1977), Mexican singer and member of Camila Mario Donatone, (1933–2020), Italian actor Mario Donizetti (born 1932), Italian painter Mario Dubsky (1939–1985), British painter Mario Duplantier (born 1981), French drummer Mario Duschenes (1923–2009), Canadian flutist, recorder player and conductor Mário Eloy (1900–1951), Portuguese painter Mario Escudero (1928–2004), Spanish flamenco guitarist Mario Fabrizi (1924–1963), British actor and comedian Mario Faig (c. 1905–1984), Argentine actor Mario Falcone (born 1988), English television personality Mario Faustinelli (1924–2006), Italian comic book artist and editor Mario Feliciani (1918–2008), Italian actor Mario Ferrari (1894–1974), Italian actor Mario Filippeschi (1907–1979), Italian opera singer Mario Finotti (born 1950), Italian photographer Mario Fischel (born 1958), German actor Mario Fortuna (1911–1968), Argentine actor Mário Franco (born 1965), Portuguese musician and dancer Mario Frangoulis (born 1967), Greek tenor Mário Frias (born 1971), Brazilian actor Mario Gachet (1879–1981), Italian painter Mario Gallardo (born 1937), Cuban-Mexican painter and art critic Mario Gallina (1889–1950), Italian actor Mario Gamero (1902–1983), Italian painter Mario Gareña (1932–2021), Colombian singer and composer Mario Gas (born 1947), Spanish actor Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000), Italian photographer Mario Grigorov, Bulgarian composer and concert pianist Mario Gully, American comic book artist Mario Häring (born 1989), German pianist Mario Iriarte (born 1955), Chilean musician Mario Jackson (1961–2007), American actor Mario Jean (born 1965), Canadian comedian and actor Mario Joyner (born 1961), American stand-up comedian Mario Judah (born 1999), American musician Mario Kassar (born 1951), Lebanese-American film producer Mario Klemens (1936–2025), Czech conductor Mario Klingemann, German artist Mario Korbel (1882–1954), American sculptor Mario Kreutzberger (born 1940), Chilean entertainer Mario Kuroba (born 1993), Japanese model and actor Mário Laginha (born 1960), Portuguese pianist and composer Mário Lago (1911–2002), Brazilian actor, poet and singer Mario Lamberto (born 1957), Italian conductor Mario Landi (1920–1992), Italian director Mario Lang (born 1988), Austrian rock-singer Mario Lanza (1921–1959), Italian American opera tenor singer and actor Mario Lavezzi (born 1948), Italian composer Mario Lavista (1943–2021), Mexican composer Mário Lúcio (born 1964), Cape Verdean musical artist Mario C. Lugones (1912–1970), Argentine film director Mario Maccaferri (1900–1993), Italian luthier and guitarist Mario Mafai (1902–1965), Italian painter Mario Maisonnave (born 1962), Argentine-Costa Rican singer, songwriter and producer Mario Majeroni (c. 1870–1931), American dramatist Mario Maranzana (1940–2012), Italian actor and voice actor Mario de Maria (1852–1924), Italian painter Mario Mariani (born 1970), Italian pianist, composer and performer Mario Marmo (1940–2016), Argentine musician Mario Martone (born 1959), Italian film director Mario Masini (1939–2023), Italian cinematographer and director Mario Maskareli (1918–1996), Yugoslav painter Mario Mattoli (1898–1980), Italian film director Mario Maurano (1905–1974), Argentine film score composer and pianist Mario Maurer (born 1988), Thai actor and model Mario Maya (1937–2008), Spanish flamenco dancer Mario J. McNulty (born 1989), American record producer Mario Medrano, Argentine actor Mario Menezes (1960–2022), Indian director and actor Mario Merz (1925–2003), Italian artist Mario Michela, Italian painter Mario Migliardi (1919–2000), Italian composer Mario Mihaljević, Croatian musician, journalist and writer Mario Milita (1923–2017), Italian voice actor Mario Millo (born 1955), Australian musician and composer Mario Minniti (1577–1640), Italian painter Mario Miranda (1926–2011), Indian cartoonist Mario Missiroli (1934–2014), Italian stage and film director Mario del Monaco (1915–1982), Italian tenor Mario Monicelli (1915–2010), Italian film director and screenwriter Mario Montenegro (1928–1988), Filipino actor Mario Monterosso, Italian-born musician, producer, songwriter, and cabaret and theater performer Mario Montez (1935–2013), Puerto Rican actor Mario Montuori (1920–1997), Italian cinematographer and painter Mario Morán (born 1992), Mexican actor Mario Moro (1918–2002), Italian singer Mario Morra (1935–2024), Italian film editor, director and screenwriter Mario Moschi (1896–1971), Italian sculptor Mario Mutis (born 1947), Chilean musician Mario Nannini (1895–1918), Italian painter Mario Nascimbene (1913–2002), Italian film score composer Mario Navarro (born 1949), Mexican actor Mario Naves (born 1961), American artist, art critic, professor and blogger Mário Negrão (born 1945), Brazilian musician Mario Nigro, Italian painter Mario Novelli (1940–2016), Italian actor Mario Nuzzi (1603–1673), Italian painter Mario O'Hara (1946–2012), Filipino television and film director; screenwriter Mario Opazo, Colombian artist Mario Pabón (1930–1996), Dominican-Puerto Rican actor, director and show host Mario Paci (1878–1946), Italian pianist and conductor Mario Panzeri (1911–1991), Italian composer Mario Paolucci (1941–2008), Argentine film actor Mario Parga (born 1969), English guitarist Mario Parial (1944–2013), Filipino painter Mario Parmisano (born 1960), Argentinian jazz pianist Mario Parodi (1917–1970), Turkish classical guitarist Mario Pasik (born 1951), Argentine actor Mario Passano (1925–1995), Argentine actor Mario Pavone (1940–2021), American jazz musician Mario Pelchat (born 1964), Canadian Francophone singer Mario Perelli, Argentine actor Mario Petreković (born 1972), Croatian television actor and presenter Mario Petri (1922–1985), Italian opera singer Mario Pigazzini, Italian conductor Mario Pilati (1903–1938), Italian conductor Mario Pisu (1910–1976), Italian actor Mario Più (born 1965), Italian DJ