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Marco
Say it: MAR-koh
Meaning
From Latin Marcus, probably derived from the god Mars.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 72,665 babies given this name since 1910
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 921 boys
- 782 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Mark |
|---|---|
| French | Marc |
| Spanish | Marcos |
Famous bearers
- Marco Polo, Venetian traveller
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.