Mark (given name)

Mark is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Mark is similar to Marc, a short form of the masculine name Markus, borrowed from Latin (Marcus ), thus etymologically with completely different roots than the Mark.

Another interpretation comes from the Old High German. There is " Marka " " the border. "

Dissemination

The name Mark (Marc ) was the late fifties quickly became popular. The mid-seventies he was once among the ten most popular boy names of the year. Then his popularity declined slightly and remained in the eighties and nineties to a constant moderate level among the fifty most popular first name. In the new millennium its popularity has again declined somewhat.

Variants

  • Marc
  • Marko
  • Marco
  • Markus
  • Marcus

Bearers of the name

Family name

  • House Mark ( nobility ), Westphalian noble family
  • Abraham Jacob Mark ( Avraham Yaakov Mark; 1884-1941 ), chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Bukovina
  • Alexander von der Mark (1779-1787), illegitimate son of Frederick William II
  • Bob Mark (1937-2006), Australian tennis player
  • Christian Mark ( * 19? ), Austrian skeleton and bobsleigh pilot
  • Christopher Mark (born 1972 ), tennis player from Trinidad and Tobago
  • Eberhard von der Mark, German name of Erard de la Marck (1472-1538), Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Liège, called Cardinal de Bouillon
  • Eberhard I von der Mark († 1308), Count of the Mark and Count of Altena
  • Erhard von der Mark (1472-1538), cardinal, Prince-Bishop of Liège and Archbishop of Valencia
  • David Mark ( born 1948 ), Nigerian politician
  • Detlef Mark (born 1954 ), German ice hockey player
  • Haiganouche Mark (1883-1966), Armenian writer
  • Hans Mark ( born 1929 ), American physicist
  • Mark Henry (1911-2004), Estonian exile politicians, Head of State 1990-1992
  • Heinrich von der Mark (1784-1865), Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister
  • Mark Henry (1917-1961), American artist
  • Hermann F. Mark (1895-1992), Austrian chemist
  • J. Carson Mark (1913-1997), American mathematician
  • Johannes van der Mark (1656-1731), Dutch theologian
  • Jon Mark ( born 1943 ), British musician
  • Karl Mark (1900-1991), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
  • Laurence Mark (* ~ 1949), American film producer
  • Lothar Mark ( born 1945 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Louisa Mark (1960-2009), British singer
  • Manuel Mark ( born 1985 ), Austrian Taekwondo
  • Marianne von der Mark (1780-1814), illegitimate daughter of Frederick William II
  • Mary Ellen Mark ( born 1940 ), American photojournalist
  • Mark Oliver ( born 1963 ), German photographer
  • Robert Mark ( police officer ) ( * 1917 ), British policeman
  • Robert Mark ( born 1937 ), Australian tennis player, see Bob Mark
  • Robert Mark, pseudonym of Rudolf Zehetgruber (* 1926), Austrian actor
  • Robert Mark, pseudonym of Rodd Dana ( born 1934 ), American actor
  • Robin Mark (* 1989), Swiss musician and composer
  • Toni Mark (1934-1959), Austrian alpine skier

First name

  • Marcus Aurelius ( 121-180 ), Roman emperor
  • Mark Bender ( born 1959 ), German country singer
  • Mark DiSalle ( * 19 **), American screenwriter, director, producer, actor and entrepreneur
  • Mark Fayne (* 1987), American ice hockey player
  • Mark Hamill ( born 1951 ), American actor
  • Mark Lilla ( born 1956 ), American scientist
  • Mark Little ( footballer ) (* 1988), English footballer
  • Mark Medlock (born 1978 ), German singer and soulpop artists
  • Mark Owen (born 1972 ), British pop musician
  • Mark Redl (* 1993), German football goalkeeper
  • Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Latvian- American painter
  • Mark Ruffalo (born 1967 ), American actor
  • Mark Rutte (born 1967 ), Dutch politician and Prime Minister
  • Mark Scheibe (* 1968), German musician, composer, songwriter and entertainer
  • Mark Seibert (* 1979), German musical actor
  • Mark Strong ( born 1963 ), British actor
  • Mark Tobey (1890-1976), American painter
  • Mark Tushnet ( born 1945 ), American lawyer and civil rights activist
  • Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer
  • Mark Zuckerberg (* 1984), American entrepreneur, founder of Facebook

Swell

  • Male first name
  • Short form ( first name )
  • Family name
  • English personal name
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