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Mark
Say it: MARK
Meaning
Latin Marcus, probably from the god Mars.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in Venice through its patron saint; Mark peaked in English in the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 1,359,586 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 36 boys
- 1,540 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
LatinEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishRussianHungarian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marc
| French | Marc |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Marcos |
| Italian | Marco |
| Portuguese | Marcos |
| German | Markus |
| Polish | Marek |
| Russian | Mark |
| Hungarian | Márk |
Famous bearers
- Mark the Evangelist, patron of Venice
- Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.