Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Nigerian English form of the Latin Roman name Marius. 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.
Mario is a boy's name of Italian origin, meaning “manly.” If you want baby to embrace their masculine energy, Mario will help them do just that. The name Mario is best-known for the loveable Italian plumber from Nintendo's Mario Bros., but actually comes steeped in origin.
The name Mario comes from the ancient Medieval culture of France, that specifically of a northwestern region known as Breton. It was a name for a devotee of the Virgin Mary.
Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. He is an Italian plumber residing in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, whose adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser.
In 1983, Nintendo of Japan made a sequel to Donkey Kong called Mario Bros. By this time, the Japanese had started calling the Jumpman character by his American name, and when they invented a brother character for him they named him "Luigi," thereby establishing a theme of Italian names.
Luigi is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French form Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.
Italian Spanish and Portuguese: from the personal name Mario from the Latin name Marius which is probably of Etruscan origin and possibly related to the name of the Roman god Mars but was widely adopted from an early date in the Christian era as a male equivalent of the female Christian name Maria .
Luigi is a masculine name of Italian origin, meaning “renowned warrior.” It is derived from the German name Ludwig, combining the Old High German words hlūt and wīg, which means “famous” and “war,” respectively.
The game was written almost entirely in C and was compiled using a Silicon Graphics IDO compiler.
Actually, the Mario bros. are canonically no longer from Italy, Brooklyn or even Earth! Mario and Luigi were born in the Mushroom Kingdom, delivered by the Stork to their parents at the end of Yoshi's New Island.
Of course you can. You can name them anything you want to.
Just 1.4%. That doesn't mean it never happens.
As part of a festival celebrating 30 years of Mario in 2015, he banged the gavel and announced, once and for all, that the hero plumber's full name was “Mario Mario” after all. He's a hero so nice they named him twice.
But, just like Mickey Mouse doesn't really have a last name, Mario is really just Mario and Luigi is really just Luigi.” Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had said the same thing to Kotaku just a month prior while discussing the character's origin as Mr. Video, confirming simply, “He does not have a last name.”
Nicknames for the name Mario:
Mars. Mar. Rio. Mari.
Mario first appeared in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong as Jumpman and became an instant celebrity during the period when more than 60,000 arcade machines were sold. In the 1982 arcade sequel, Donkey Kong Jr., he was renamed Mario by Mr.
Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Nigerian English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.
Have you ever wondered why Mario is Italian? Well, according to Miyamoto, the idea came from his interest in foreign comics, as well as the fact that Mario Bros. was set underground. “As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.
Italian form of the name Louis, from the Germanic Ludwig, meaning "famous warrior".
The underground setting of SMB led Miyamoto to decide that Mario was an Italian plumber from New York. "There was really no other deep thought other than that." Nintendo hasn't officially declared Mario is a Japanese character with an Italian name.
The creation of Wario allowed them a character of their own to "symbolize their situation." Nintendo originally considered making him a German character before he developed into an Italian much like Mario.
“While it's assumed that, like Wario, Waluigi is most likely Italian, the lithe purple villain's nationality has been shrouded in mystery.” Another important detail that may shed light on his origins is the “upside down L” on Waluigi's hat, which isn't an upside down L at all.