Marcia (given name)

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Marcia (/ˈmɑːrsiə/, /ˈmɑːrʃə/), often shortened to Marcie (/ˈmɑːrsi/), is a female given name of Italian origin,^[1] derived from Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". Marcia also means "proud, warlike, martial". It is a female form of Marcius. Bearers of this name include:

• Queen Marcia, legendary monarch of Britain
• Marcia (mistress of Commodus)
• Marcia (mother of Trajan)
• Marcia (wife of Cato)
• Marcia Anastasia Christoforides
• 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 Barrett
• Marcia Barton
• 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 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
• Marcie from Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts
• , Veronica Lodge's nerdy cousin from the Archie Comics.
• 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 (disambiguation), the male equivalent
• Marcius (disambiguation)
• Marcio

References[]

External link[]

• Media related to Marcia (given name) at Wikimedia Commons

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