# Macarius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/macarius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “blessed”, “lucky” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 156 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 156 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Macarius, from Koine Greek Μακάριος (Makários), from μακάριος (makários, “blessed, lucky”).

## What it means

Macarius is grouped under holy and rich.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,392 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6,458 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,621 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,116 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,543 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,360 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,615 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,338 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,412 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,318 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,546 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,428 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,526 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,396 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَكَارِيُوس
- Armenian: Մակար
- Finnish: Kari
- French: Macaire
- Italian: Macario
- Polish: Makary
- Romanian: Macarie
- Russian: Мака́р, Мака́рий
- Spanish: Macario

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.