Marcia (given name)

Marcia (/ˈmɑːrsiə, ˈmɑːrʃə/) is a female given name of Italian origin, 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 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, American physician and author
Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist
Marcia Sherlon Barnwell, Vincentian politician
Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-British singer
Marcia Brown, American writer and illustrator
Marcia Ciol, Brazilian-American statistician
Marcia Clark, American prosecutor, author, television correspondent and television producer
Marcia Cross, American actress
Marcia Cruz-Correa, Puerto Rican physician-scientist and gastroenterologist
Marcia Davenport, American writer and music critic
Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, British labor politician, civil servant and life peer
Marcia Fudge, American attorney and politician
Marcia Gallo, American historian and author
Marcia Mitzman Gaven, American actress
Marcia Griffiths, Jamaican reggae singer
Marcia Gudereit, Canadian curler
Marcia Hammon, American politician
Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
Marcia Herndon, American ethnomusicologist
Marcia Hines, Australian singer
Marcia Hutchinson, British writer and politician
Marcia A. Karrow, American politician
Marcia V. Keizs, Jamaican academic
Marcia Kramer, American journalist
Marcia Langton, Australian Aboriginal scholar and activist
Marcia Layne, British playwright
Marcia Lucas, American film editor
Marcia Lee Macdonald, American photographer
Marcia MacMillan, Canadian journalist
Marcia Marcus, American painter
Marcia Marx, American artist
Marcia Mead, American architect
Marcia Neave, Australian legal academic and judge
Marcia Pankratz, American field hockey player
Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough, British countess
Marcia Y. Riggs, American scholar, professor and theologian
Marcia Rodd, American actress
Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer
Marcia Theophilo, Brazilian poet
Marcia Trimble, American murder victim
Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian
Marcia Yockey, American weather presenter

Fictional characters

Marcia Barton in the film The Creature Walks Among Us
Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch
Marcia Overstrand of the book series Septimus Heap

References

↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marcia". Behind the Name.

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[1] Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marcia". Behind the Name.

Marcia (given name)

People

Fictional characters

See also

References

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