Marcia (, ) is a female given name of Italian origin, derived from

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meaning "dedicated to

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmos ...

". 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 Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias (died 193) was the mistress (182–193) and one of the assassins of Roman Emperor Commodus. Marcia was likely to have been the daughter of Marcus Aurelius Sabinianus Euhodius, a freedman of the co-emperor Luc ...

* Marcia (mother of Trajan) * Marcia (wife of Cato) *

Marcia (vestal) Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 painting by Domenico Beccafumi * ''Marcia'' (bivalve ...

, 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 Marcia Andrade Braga is a Brazilian military officer an current blue helmet part of the United Nations (UN) Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Braga served as Military Gender Advisor at MINUSCA Headquarters between April 2018 and ...

, Brazilian military officer and peacekeeper * Marcia Angell * Marcia Ball *

Marcia Barrett Marcia Barrett (born 14 October 1948) is a Jamaican-British singer and one of the original singers with the vocal group Boney M. Early years Barrett was born in Saint Catherine Parish, British Jamaica; her parents brought her to Croydon, En ...

Marcia Brown Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and three Caldecott Medal honors as ...

Marcia Ciol Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 painting by Domenico Beccafumi * ''Marcia'' (bivalve ...

, 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 Dr. Marcia V. Keizs, is the sixth President of York College, Jamaica, in the borough of Queens in New York City. She is a native of Kingston, Jamaica and has lived and worked in New York City since 1968. After graduating from high school in King ...

Marcia Kramer Marcia Kramer (born December 30, 1948) is the chief political correspondent for WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York City. Kramer has collected many awards for her electronic journalism at the station, and at the New York Daily News newspaper. The award ...

* Marcia Langton *

Marcia Layne Marcia Layne is a British playwright whose play ''Off Camera'' won the 2003 Alfred Fagon Award. The award honours the best new play by a playwright of Caribbean or African descent living in the United Kingdom. She is a writer and producer with Hid ...

, British playwright * Marcia Lucas *

Marcia MacMillan Marcia MacMillan is a Canadian news anchor for CTV News Channel broadcasting the weekday evening news. She started working for CTV News in November 2005. MacMillan started her broadcasting career as a reporter for MCTV in Sudbury, Ontario the ...

Marcia Marx Marcia Marx (1931–2005) was an American artist known for dark, satirical paintings, sculptures and lithographs. Early life Marx was born to a prominent family in Newark, New Jersey. She counted Barbara Walters and Nancy Shevell as cousins, and ...

Marcia Mead Marcia Mead (1879–1967) was an early 20th century American architect known for taking a neighborhood-centered approach to the design of low-cost housing. With Anna Pendleton Schenck, Anna P. Schenck (1874–1915), she was a partner in the firm ...

, American architect *

Marcia Neave Marcia Ann Neave (born 23 August 1944) is an Australian legal academic and judge, who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division on 22 February 2006. She retired from the bench on 23 August 2014 to become commiss ...

* Marcia Pankratz * Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough * Marcia Rodd * Marcia Strassman * Marcia Theophilo * Marcia Trimble * Marcia Wallace *

Marcia Yockey Marcia Yockey (6 November 1922 - 28 September 2000) was an American meteorologist who was best known for her 35-year on-air career in Evansville, Indiana. She made her television debut on WFIE Channel 14 in 1953, after 10 years of working for the ...

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''

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcia (Given Name) Latin feminine given names English feminine given names

People

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