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Marcus name meaning

“probably derived from the god Mars”

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
M
Origin
Latin
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 8.4%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s8.4%

Latin origin

Marcus is a boy's name of Latin origin, probably derived from the Roman god Mars.

What does Marcus mean?

Probably derived from the god Mars

In Malay: mungkin berkaitan dewa Mars

Sources (1)

About the name Marcus

Marcus was a Roman praenomen, probably derived from Mars, the Roman god of war, and was among the most common praenomina in Roman times. The traditional English form is Mark, while the Marcus spelling is also used. JPN records show it peaking in the 2010s with 1,119 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginLatin
SyllablesMar-cus

Marcus in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 1,119 · 8.4%
People registered with Marcus as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning

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