Macarius

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.

In other languages the name has the following forms:
 * Finnish: the given name Kari or Karri. Derived surname: Mäkäräinen.
 * Greek: Makarios (Μακάριος)
 * Armenian: Մակար (Makar)
 * Italian: Macario (also a family name)
 * Portuguese: Macário
 * Spanish Macarena (name)
 * Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) from Church Slavonic Makariy (Макарій). Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko, Makarchuk, Makarevich.
 * Serbian: Makarije/Макарије
 * Romanian: Macarescu (surname)
 * French: Macaire

People named Macarius

 * Macarius of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
 * 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
 * Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102–1128
 * Macarius, Archbishop of Esztergom, ruled in 1142–1147
 * Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166
 * Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
 * Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563)
 * Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
 * Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
 * Macarius of Corinth (1731-1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth
 * Macarius IV Tawil, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813–1815
 * Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879–1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian
 * Macarius (Nevsky), head of the Holy Synod in 1912–1917 in Russia
 * Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865
 * Pope Macarius III of Alexandria, ruled in 1944–1945
 * Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950
 * Makarios III, archbishop (1950–1977) and president of Cyprus (1960–1977)
 * Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Nairobi since 2001
 * Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia since 2019
 * Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine