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I can't help but feel bad for anyone named Mario because they were most likely bullied mercilessly for their name at some point in their life and probably gotten mean jokes like "Hey Mario where's Luigi?" or "Hey Mario where's Princess Peach?"
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Mario Van Peebles is an American film director and actor best known for appearing in Heartbreak Ridge in 1986 and known for directing and starring in New Jack City in 1991 and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage in 2016.
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Mario "El Pájaro" Gómez Madoery (born 10th May 1961), Argentine musician and the frontman of my favorite Spanish-language rock band, Vilma Palma e Vampiros (commonly just Vilma Palma).
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Also Czech: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(jm%C3%A9no)
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Mario Segale (1934-2018), was an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo and later became the very namesake to the famous Nintendo character Mario.
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Also Albanian: https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/
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This name is cool, but the "It's-a me, Mario" just got seriously stuck in my head. The video game association will die in about, uh...30 years. Until then, if your name is Mario, take care, ok?
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Even though the name is quite popular, I'm not sure if it'll ever lose its charm. I think of Super Mario as well. That game is our childhood and our parent's childhood if they grew up in the 1980s.
But please don't meet a Mario and ask him "Where's Luigi?" He might be a good sport and laugh the first time, but it might get old. It's pretty ignorant, you can literally just do research and find out how long the name has been used before Nintendo took over the world. Be considerate of others.
It's highly unlikely that he was named after a "racist stereotype" as Anonymous User 12/13/2016 called it. Italian is not a race. And how Nintendo decides to portray their own character is their own problem, and they need to take responsibility for it. No people named Mario should be laughed out of the room (referring to Anon 7/18/2017 for thinking it's hilarious) for that one character. They are real people, unlike the character. You should try to take them seriously. If they laughed at your name, you would've thought "What nerve! It's just a name!"
Yeah, and so is Mario.
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But please don't meet a Mario and ask him "Where's Luigi?" He might be a good sport and laugh the first time, but it might get old. It's pretty ignorant, you can literally just do research and find out how long the name has been used before Nintendo took over the world. Be considerate of others.
It's highly unlikely that he was named after a "racist stereotype" as Anonymous User 12/13/2016 called it. Italian is not a race. And how Nintendo decides to portray their own character is their own problem, and they need to take responsibility for it. No people named Mario should be laughed out of the room (referring to Anon 7/18/2017 for thinking it's hilarious) for that one character. They are real people, unlike the character. You should try to take them seriously. If they laughed at your name, you would've thought "What nerve! It's just a name!"
Yeah, and so is Mario.
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Awful name, plain, boring. Nothing at all interesting, and the association with the video game character makes it FAR worse.
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I think Mario is a super cool name; I love it!
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English pronunciation: MAHR-ee-o.
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Mario is also English, French (used alongside Marius in France), Greek (used alongside Marios in Greece), Bulgarian, and Estonian. The name day for Mario in Estonia is December 19.
Scripts: Μάριο (Greek), Марио (Bulgarian)
Sources: https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(eesnimi)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(given_name)
https://forebears.io/forenames/mario
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Scripts: Μάριο (Greek), Марио (Bulgarian)
Sources: https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(eesnimi)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(given_name)
https://forebears.io/forenames/mario
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Mario Matthew Cuomo, former Governor of the state of New York from 1983 to 1994, is a famous bearer. His famous 1984 "Tale of Two Cities" keynote speech is considered to be one of the greatest convention speeches of all time.
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Nice name. It seems very gentle and non-threatening.
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Colonel Mario Giuliacci (1940-) is a famous Italian meteorologist and TV personality.
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Boring and stupid name.
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Dumb name for equally dumb guys.
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Retracting my previous comment, I think this name is okay!
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It's-a me, Mario!
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Also used in Estonia: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(eesnimi)
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It's my best friend's name. By association when I hear the name I think of fast driver, big heart, crazy hair, Marlboro cigarettes, and witchcraft. So, good name all around.
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It looks cool, it sounds cool, and the video game series just makes this name better!
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Also used as a feminine name in Esperanto: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mario#Esperanto
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Mario, despite the obvious reference from previous comments, is a surprisingly cosmopolitan name that could bridge certain linguistic gaps if a family has one side that is from one country and the other from another where this might be the same spoken and written. If you like this name and feel pulled by its subjective charm, then by all means select it and consider yourself lucky. :)
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Super Mario Bros. Doesn't ruin this name, it improves it!
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My name is no joke! My name is awesome. I was named after my great uncle Mario who was Italian, and not the video game character. But hey, it's better than being named after a movie character (to which my sister was named after)! Overall, I am very proud of my name.
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Mario is an awesome name.
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The name Mario is such a joke. Weird name, I'd probably laugh if I met a Mario.
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Mario Stanić is a former Croatian footballer. Being a versatile offensive player, he was no stranger to any forward or attacking midfield position, and was even deployed as a wing-back in the national team.
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Mario Batali is an American chef, writer, restaurateur, and media personality. In addition to his classical culinary training, he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine, including regional and local variations. Batali co-owns restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, Singapore, Hong Kong, Westport, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut. Batali's signature clothing style includes a fleece vest, shorts and orange Crocs. He is also known as "Molto Mario".
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Mario Dewar Barrett, known mononymously as Mario, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and model. He is known for his singles "Just a Friend" and "Let Me Love You", which won him two Billboard Music Awards, as well as for appearing in the films Step Up and Freedom Writers. He has released four studio albums: Mario, Turning Point, Go, and D.N.A.. At the end of the 2000s decade, Mario was ranked by Billboard at number 98 on their "Artist of the Decade" list. His fifth studio album, Paradise Cove, is yet to be released.
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Mario Götze is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. Although his favoured position is that of a playmaker, he can also be deployed as a striker or winger. Götze is considered to be one of the sport's best young players, possessing speed, technique, dribbling skills, and playmaking capabilities. In 2010, German Football Association's then technical director Matthias Sammer described Götze as "one of the best talents Germany has ever had."
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It's a-me! Racist stereotype!
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Mario is the name of The Vigilant Christian, a Youtube conspiracy theorist.
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Mario Mandžukić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Juventus and the Croatia national team.
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"It's ah-me, MARIO!"
That's all I hear when I think of this name.
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That's all I hear when I think of this name.
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I actually know a middle-aged woman named Mario. Anyway, I always thought this name sounded fun.
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Matt Di Angelo (real name Mario Angelo Constantinou) is an actor.
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I love the name Mario. It's cool, classy and cute. Oh, and Super Mario IS pretty awesome! ;)
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Don't ask me why, but if I ever met someome called Mario, I would ask if he had a brother called Luigi. I just think of Super Mario Bros immediately.
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Mario Winans (1974-) is an American R&B singer and the stepson of gospel singer Marvin Winans of the Winans family of gospel music artists. His most successful song is "I Don't Wanna Know".
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A famous bearer of this name was Mario Fargetta, from the Italian dance group the Tamperer.
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Also a boys name in Croatia. Rarely spelled Marijo (mostly those born some decades ago).
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Mario is a great Latin name, Spanish or Italian.
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Gosh, now I hear the Super Mario Brothers theme playing in my head. I don't really care for the name, as I really don't like the plumber himself. I can't picture the name on a real person at all. (though I think I've heard the name Mario Lopez mentioned before, I don't who he is).
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All I can think of is the Game Over music from the Mario games playing in my head.
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Mario Lemieux was a famous professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.
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Mario Cavaradossi is the ill-fated hero of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca.
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In Italy the golden era of Mario was the first half of the 20th century: it was the 2nd most popular name in Rome in 1901 behind Umberto, the most popular in 1906, 1911, 1916, 1921, 1926 and 1931, the 2nd most popular in 1936 behind Franco, the 3rd in 1941 behind Franco and Roberto, the 4th in 1946 behind Roberto, Franco and Giuseppe. In other parts of Italy it was usually less used than more traditional names like Giuseppe or Giovanni.
Though in other lands Mario is often regarded as one of the most typical Italian names, it was hardly ever used before the 20th century, and it has become rather old-fashioned today.
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Though in other lands Mario is often regarded as one of the most typical Italian names, it was hardly ever used before the 20th century, and it has become rather old-fashioned today.
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Hehe, couldn't name my kid Mario due to the fact that I grew up with Mario Bros. I think of Mario the Plumber and same goes for Luigi whever I hear this name. It's a classic name.
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The Prieto quintuplets are born in Venezuela, the world's third surviving set of quints. Mario, Fernando, Otto, Robinson and Juan Jose are the first all-boy quints recorded.
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Each time I hear this name, it reminds of Super Mario bros. For a weird reason.
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Also used in Slovenia.
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Mario Lopez, actor, tv host and 'Dancing With the Stars' dancer. His partner was Karina Smirnoff.
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The Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis is another bearer of this name.
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Mario Lavandeira, known as celebrity gossip blogger "Perez Hilton", is a famous bearer.
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My son is named Mario. It is not overused in our area. I don't think there are any other Marios in his school. We usually call him Mar.
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There is a R'n'B artist named Mario.
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MARIJO - Croatian version.
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A famous racecar driver is Mario Andretti.
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A famous bearer was American singer and actor Mario Lanza.
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There's a popular character named Mario, and his brother, Luigi. Together; they're the Super Mario Bros. He's been very popular since the 80's and came out with the greatest games throughout the 90's.
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Maris or Marios, an ancient Greek name. He fought in the Trojan war, son of the king of Lykia Amisodaros.
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