Marcus (name)

Mark or Marcus is a male first name.

5.1 first name 5.1.1 Ancient
5.1.2 More

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Markus is derived ( " dedicated to the Roman god of war Mars" from * mart - kos, ) from the common Latin name Marcus. Originally he called probably the most people who were born in the month of March; this month is named after the god of war, Mars.

Since the early Christianity, however, is the reference to one of the many saints of this name in the foreground.

Dissemination

In the first half of the 20th century, the name Mark was not used very often as a boy first name in Germany. End of the fifties, his popularity then greatly increased. From the mid-sixties to the late seventies, the name was usually among the top ten of each vintage. Beginning of the nineties was his popularity then decreased significantly.

Name-day

Markus (Evangelist ) April 25,
Marcus of Apollonia (one of the seventy disciples, he said to have been bishop of Apollonia and died as a martyr ) 16 June
Marcus ( Bishop of Rome) October 7

Variants and derived names

Male

Marc ( French, Catalan)
Marcel ( French)
Marcelo ( Portuguese)
Marcello ( Italian)
Marcellus (Latin )
Marcellinus (Latin )
Markellinos ( Greek)
Marcian
Marcius (Latin )
Márcio ( Portuguese)
Marcion ( Greek)
Marco (Italian, Portuguese)
Marcos (Spanish, Portuguese)
Marek ( Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Márk ( Hungarian)
Mark (short form, English)
Brand, Markko, Markku ( Finnish)
Marko ( Croatian, Serbian )
Mokus ( Croatian, Serbian )
Marx ( original German form, and today almost only as a surname, see also Karl Marx or St. Marx)

Female

Marcia
Marcella and Marcelle

Also on the god of war Mars relate the name Martin and Martial and the French name Céline.

Well-known bearers of the name / names winners

First name

Antiquity

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman politician and writer
Marcus Arrecinus Clemens ( praetorian prefect ), Roman knight
Marcus Arrecinus Clemens (consul ) ( † 83-96 ), Roman knight
Marcus Antonius ( Mark Antony Germanized ), Roman general
(John ) Mark, ( historically ) first Evangelist
Marcus Aurelius, ( Germanized Marcus Aurelius ), Roman emperor
Marcus the Philosopher, alleged Roman Emperor
Marcus ( Bishop of Rome)
Marcus ( usurper ), Western Roman Emperor against the 5th century
Marcus ( Caesar ), East Roman emperor counter in the 5th century
Marcus Simplicinius genialis, governor of Augsburg and victor over the Juthungen
Marcus of Galilee, Christian martyr and saint
Marcus II (also: Markianos; † 152 ), Bishop of Alexandria

Örn Antonsson Markús ( b. 1943 ), Icelandic diplomat
Marc Chagall (1887-1985), French painter
Mark Noble ( b. 1983 ), Austrian football player
Markus thirsty ( b. 1982 ), Swiss Champion of Young Musicians 2001
Markus Geist (* 1981), German Sergeant
Marcus Grönholm ( born 1968 ), Finnish rally driver
Marcus Haber ( * 1989), Canadian -Austrian football player
Markus Hansen ( * 1992), German handball player
Markus Hediger ( born 1959 ), Swiss writer and translator
Markus Heppke (* 1986), German football player
Markus Kastle (* 1982 ), German radio presenter
Markus Kaya ( born 1979 ), German football player
Mark Keller (actor) (born 1965 ), German actor and singer
Markus Keller ( triathlete ) ( born 1967), Swiss triathlete
Markus Keller ( snowboarder ) ( b. 1982 ), Swiss snowboarder
Markus Keller ( hockey player ) (* 1989), German ice hockey goaltender
Mark Knopfler ( b. 1949 ), British rock musician
Markus Krauss (* 1987), German football goalkeeper
Markus Mändle (* 1967), German economist
Markús Máni Michaelsson Maute ( b. 1981 ), Icelandic handball player
Markus Pill Schowe (* 1963), German teacher and youth book author
Markus Maria Profitlich (* 1960), German comedian
Markus Raetz (* 1941), Swiss painter, sculptor and photographer
Rudolph Marcus (born 1966 ), German radio presenter and actor
Markus Rühmkorf (* 1989), Austrian football player
Markus Schulz ( born 1975 ), German DJ and music producer
Marcus Sorg (* 1965), German football player and football coach
Mark Spitz ( born 1950 ), American swimmer
Marcus Staiger ( b. 1971 ) German label owner and journalist
Marcus Stephen (born 1969 ), nauruischer weightlifter and politician, president from 2007 to 2011
Markus Stock (* 1978), German musician and music producer
Markus Teutschbein (* 1971), German conductor
Marcus Tychsen (* 1970), German television presenter and newscaster
Markus Vetsch (1757-1813), Swiss politician
Markus which Meier ( born 1963 ), German ski racer
Markus Welser (1558-1614), German historian, publisher and politician
Markus Werner ( * 1944 ), Swiss writer

Pseudonyms / artist name

Markus ( b. 1959 ), artist name of the German pop singer Markus Mörl, since 2006, Markus M.
Mark, pseudonym of comic strip artist Danny de Laet
Mark, pseudonym of cartoonist Mark Jörg - Ingraban of Tomorrow
Mark Snow (actually Mark Fulterman ) ( born 1946 ), American film music composer
Mark Twain ( Samuel Langhorne Clemens actually ) ( 1835-1910 ), American writer
Alexander Marcus (actually Felix Rennefeld ) (* 1972), German pop singer
Jürgen Marcus (actually Jürgen Beumer ) (* 1948), German pop singer

Surname, shape Marcus

Adalbert Friedrich Marcus (1753-1816), German physician
Alexander Marcus (born 1972 ), German musician and house producer
Caleb Cain Marcus, American photographer
Constantin Marcus (1806-1865), German teacher
David Marcus (1901-1948), American lawyer and colonel and Israeli Lieutenant General
Egerton Marcus (born 1965 ), Guyanese - Canadian boxer
Eli Marcus (1854-1935), German actor
Elli Marcus (1899-1977), German - American theater photographer
Eric Marcus (born 1958 /62), American non-fiction author
Ernst Marcus (1856-1928), German jurist and philosopher
Ernst Marcus ( zoologist ) ( 1893-1968 )
Erwin Marcus (1925-2010), German jurist and radio presenter
George Marcus ( born 1946 ), American cultural anthropologist, professor and author
Greil Marcus ( born 1945 ), American author
Hannah Marcus, American singer, songwriter and musician
Lewis Jacob Marcus (1809-1881), German lawyer and member of parliament; Honorary citizen of Schwerin
Michael Marcus ( born 1952 ), American jazz and blues musician (bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, manzello, Stritch )
Milan Marcus ( * 1987), German actor
Ralph Marcus (1900-1956) American expert in Hellenistic Judaism
Rudolph Arthur Marcus ( b. 1923 ), American chemist and Nobel laureate
Sabine Marcus (born 1969 ), German actress
Sharon Marcus (born 1966 ), American feminist and Anglistin
Siegfried Marcus (1831-1898), Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer
Steve Marcus (1939-2005), American saxophonist
Victor Marcus (1849-1911), senator and mayor in Bremen
Vitina Marcus ( born 1937 ), American actress
Wolfgang Marcus ( * 1927), German professor and politician ( SPD)

Surname, shape Markus

Barry Markus (* 1991), Dutch cyclist
Csaba Markus ( b. 1953 ), Hungarian -American painter and sculptor
Dirk Markus (* 1971), German entrepreneur
Elisabeth Markus (1895-1970), Austrian actress
Fanny friend Markus (1872-1942), Austrian journalist
Markus Gabriel (born 1970 ), Argentinian tennis player
Georg Markus ( * 1951 ), Austrian writer and presenter
Gisela Mark, born Gisela Ellermann (* 1937), German badminton player
Karin Markus (* 1942), German politician (SPD )
Karl Markus (*?), German singer (tenor )
Kelly Markus (* 1993), Dutch cyclist
Mario Markus, a pseudonym of Kurt Reis ( b. 1928 ), German writer
Mario Markus ( physicist ) ( born 1944 ), German physicist
Robert Markus ( historian ) ( 1924-2010 ), British historian
Robert Markuš (* 1983), Serbian chess player
Willi Markus (1907-1969), German SA and SS leaders
Winnie Markus (1921-2002), German actress

Marcu

Places

An island in the Pacific, the most eastern part of Japan, see Minami- Torishima
One of the Tanimbarese Islands, see Mark ( Tanimbarese )
A city in the U.S., see Marcus ( Iowa)
A small town in the U.S., see Marcus ( Washington)
A square in Venice, see St. Mark's Square

Others

A former British car manufacturer, see L. Marcus
Markus Foundation, Family Foundation to administer the assets of ALDI Nord

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