Given name
Macarius
“one who is blessed”
Macarius is a variant of Makarios. One Greek interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Macarius is a variant of Makarios. One Greek interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Macarius is a variant of Makarios. An origin associated with Makarios is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Macarius, from Koine Greek Μακάριος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macarius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 156
- 156 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,396 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,396 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2012.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Macarius’s family of names
In Latin usage, Macarius has a later derivative in Macario. In English usage, Macarius has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Kari. In English usage, Macarius has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Macario.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Macarius has relatives in 15 languages.
16 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Macarius
- Macarius of EgyptEgyptian Christian monk and hermit300–391
- Macarius of Jerusalem4th century Bishop of Jerusalem300–335
- Macarius, Metropolitan of MoscowRussian cleric, Iconographer and Saint1482–1564
- Macarius MagnesChristian author of an apology "Apocriticus"350–500
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