Meaning of the nameMárcia

Female
Latin origin
Már-ci-a

Márcia is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine of Mārcius, derived from Marcus, which Behind the Name probably links to the name of the god Mars.

Meaning

“feminine of Latin Marcius, derived from Marcus, a name probably linked to the god Mars”

Source: Behind the Name: Marcus

People (2022): 522,265
Rank in Brazil: #36
Median age: 47 years
2010 Census: 553,706; people

Márcia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Márcia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (190,813 people).

520,013 women 2,252 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Márcia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Márcia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	141,914	0.320%
Rio de Janeiro	67,061	0.418%
Minas Gerais	51,623	0.251%
Paraná	37,704	0.330%
Rio Grande do Sul	36,895	0.339%
Bahia	25,184	0.178%
Santa Catarina	22,577	0.297%
Pernambuco	16,480	0.182%
Pará	14,903	0.184%
Goiás	14,576	0.207%
Ceará	11,994	0.136%
Maranhão	9,360	0.138%
Espírito Santo	8,568	0.224%
Mato Grosso	8,466	0.231%
Mato Grosso do Sul	7,097	0.257%
Distrito Federal	7,032	0.250%
Amazonas	6,507	0.165%
Paraíba	6,118	0.154%
Alagoas	5,563	0.178%
Rio Grande do Norte	5,320	0.161%
Piauí	4,540	0.139%
Sergipe	3,991	0.181%
Rondônia	3,408	0.216%
Tocantins	2,273	0.150%
Amapá	1,172	0.160%
Acre	1,076	0.130%
Roraima	863	0.136%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Márcia

Wiktionary records Márcia as a learned borrowing from Latin Marcia, the feminine of Mārcius, formed from Mārcus plus the suffix -ius, and gives Márcio as the masculine. Behind the Name says Marcus probably comes from the name of the Roman god Mars. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 522,265 people named Márcia, the largest group born in the 1970s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Márcia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Marcia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Márcia

What does the name Márcia mean?

Márcia means “feminine of Latin Marcius, derived from Marcus, a name probably linked to the god Mars”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Márcia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 522,265 people with the first name Márcia, which ranks it number 36 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Márcia a boy's or a girl's name?

Márcia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 520,013 women and 2,252 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Márcia?

Márcia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Márcia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.418% of the state's population is named Márcia (67,061 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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