Marcia (given name)
Marcia (/ˈmɑːrsiə, ˈmɑːrʃə/) is a female given name of Italian origin,[1] derived from Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". It is a female form of Marcius. Marcy/Marcie is a short form.
Notable people and characters with this name include:
People
- Queen Marcia, legendary monarch of Britain
- Marcia (mistress of Commodus)
- Marcia (mother of Trajan)
- Marcia (wife of Cato)
- Marcia (vestal), Roman Vestal
- Marcia Anastasia Christoforides
- Marcia Francis Liles Carroll Cleckler.
- Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the United States Army Reserve
- Marcia Andrade Braga, Brazilian military officer and peacekeeper
- Marcia Angell
- Marcia Ball
- Marcia Sherlon Barnwell, Vincentian politician
- Marcia Barrett
- Marcia Brown
- Marcia Ciol, Brazilian-American statistician
- Marcia Clark
- Marcia Cross
- Marcia Davenport
- Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender
- Marcia Fudge
- Marcia Mitzman Gaven
- Marcia Griffiths
- Marcia Gudereit
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Marcia Hines, Australian singer
- Marcia A. Karrow
- Marcia V. Keizs
- Marcia Kramer
- Marcia Langton
- Marcia Layne, British playwright
- Marcia Lucas
- Marcia MacMillan
- Marcia Marx
- Marcia Mead, American architect
- Marcia Neave
- Marcia Pankratz
- Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
- Marcia Rodd
- Marcia Strassman
- Marcia Theophilo
- Marcia Trimble
- Marcia Wallace
- Marcia Yockey
Fictional characters
- Marcia Barton in the film The Creature Walks Among Us
- Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch
- Marcia Montenegro in telenovela Mariana de la Noche
- Marcia of The Outsiders
- Marcia Overstrand of the book series Septimus Heap
- Marcia, a character from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and its sequel Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
See also
- Marcia (gens)
- Marsha
- Marcie
- Marzia (given name)
- Marcus (name), the male equivalent
- Marcius (disambiguation)
- Márcio
References
- Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marcia". Behind the Name.
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