Boy · French
Marquis
Say it: mar-KEESE
Meaning
The French noble title, originally a lord of a march (border territory).
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 24,381 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 2,000 boys
- 168 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Markese, Marquise
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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