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Markus

Boy Latin #1353 in 2023

Markus is a boy name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Markus

Rare spelling variant of Marcus.

Popularity of Markus

Popularity, 1915–2023

140 births in 2023

1915 2023

14,637 U.S. births recorded from 1915–2023.

Peak year

1994

396 babies

First recorded

1915

108 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

One of the twelve Apostles

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.