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 Francis Liles Carroll Cleckler.
- 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 Gay Harden, American actress
- Marcia Hines, Australian singer
- 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 MacMillan, Canadian journalist
- 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 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
See also
- Marcia (gens)
- Marsha
- Marcie
- Marzia (given name)
- Marcus (name), the male equivalent
- Marcius (disambiguation)
- Márcio
References
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marcia". Behind the Name.
- Media related to Marcia (given name) at Wikimedia Commons
