What is Mario short for?

Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius (see Marius).
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What does the name Mario stand for?

The name Mario is boy's name of Spanish, Italian origin meaning "Mars".
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Is Mario Mexican or Italian name?

Mario's character design, particularly his large nose, draws on western influences; once he became a plumber, Miyamoto decided to "put him in New York" and make him Italian, lightheartedly attributing Mario's nationality to his mustache.
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Is Mario a common Hispanic name?

It's a popular name in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and in the US, it's a favorite of the Latino population.
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How rare is the name Mario?

Mario was the 348th most popular boys name. In 2021 there were 929 baby boys named Mario. 1 out of every 2,003 baby boys born in 2021 are named Mario.
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What does Mario mean in the Bible?

Numerology. 2. Mario is Hebrew Boy name and meaning of this name is "Of the Sea or Sailor, Bitter".
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Does Mario mean in Spanish?

Spanish Baby Names Meaning:

In Spanish Baby Names the meaning of the name Mario is: Warring.
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Is Mario a Japanese name?

Nintendo hasn't officially declared Mario is a Japanese character with an Italian name.
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Is Mario the male version of Maria?

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 .
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Where does Mario name come from?

Initially, he was named Jumpman, and was a carpenter, in the arcade game Donkey Kong. The same year, Nintendo of America renamed him Mario. His name makes reference to Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale, an Italian American.
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What nationality is Mario?

In a recently-published interview with Kotaku, Uemura revealed Mario's ethnicity at the time of his creation. “'Super Mario Bros. ' isn't set in Japan, but the character's Japanese. The name Mario sounds Italian, but he isn't Italian.
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What is Mario's catchphrase?

He is a boy character and is a plumber, as is his brother Luigi. Mario's catchphrase is "Oh yeah! Mario time!". This memorable catchphrase is just one of the reasons why Mario is such a loved character still today, but Mario wasn't the only one with a catchphrase.
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Is Luigi a real name?

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.
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Is Mario Russian?

Contrary to popular belief (and Mario's claims), Mario is not Italian. Born in Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Mama Mario and Papa Mario, Mario's future always looked bright.
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What does the name Julieta mean?

Meaning:youthful; love's child. Julieta is a beautiful name for baby girls, meaning "youthful" or "love's child." This elegant name is of Latin origin, with close links to the names Juliet and Julia.
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What is Mario Greek?

Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius (see Marius). The Portuguese version of the name is spelled "Mário" (to highlight the pronunciation of the "a"). The Polish version is Mariusz. The Greek version is Μάριος (see Marios).
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What does the name Alberto mean?

It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive is Albertito in Spanish or Albertico in some parts of Latin America, and Albertino in Italian. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from Athala (meaning noble) and Berth (meaning bright). Alberto.
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Why is Mario so fat?

"The reason Mario is a plump shape is because gaming devices at that time could only read collisions between square boxes, not because I wanted to make him cute," Miyamoto explained. "His design turned out like that because I adjusted for the capabilities of the gaming device of the day.
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What was Mario's name in Donkey Kong?

Mario first appeared in 1981, in the Donkey Kong game for Arcade, as a carpenter named "Jumpman".
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Does Mario have a neck?

As the existence of Mario's neck is a failsafe to prevent his head from not being connected to his body at certain angles, rather than a part of his character design meant to be regularly seen, it is low-polygon and does not connect smoothly to his head, always showing a slight crease and a different coloration from ...
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