Marcia (given name)

Marcia 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 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