Makarios
Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.
- Late Greek
Meaning & Origin of Makarios
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Late Greek
The Story of Makarios
American parents first put Makarios on the record books as a baby boy name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 13 Makarioss were born — ranking #6,304 that year. About 42% of every Makarios on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Makarios last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 120 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Makarios
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Makarios. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Makarios
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- Macarous of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250)
- Macarius of Egypt (300–390), Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great
- Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author
- Macarius of Jerusalem , Bishop in 314–333
- Macarius of Alexandria , also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395)
- Macarius Magnes , 4th century Christian author of an apology "Apocriticus"
- Macarius I of Antioch : Patriarch of Antioch, deposed in 681
- Pope Macarius I of Alexandria , ruled in 933–953
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Names that sound like Makarios
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About the name Makarios
Makarios is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 120 births in the dataset. Makarios's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #6,304. Use the chart and map above to compare Makarios's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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