Save Gender Masculine Usage Old Persian (Latinized), History Pronounced Pron. mar-DO-nee-oos(Classical Latin) mar-DAW-nee-uws(Classical Latin) mar-DAW-nee-oos(Ecclesiastical Latin) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Latinized form of Marduniya via its Greek form Mardonios. This name was borne by the son-in-law of Darius the Great.