Marcus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɑː(ɹ)kəs/

Proper noun

Marcus

1. A male given name, latinate form of Mark.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Colossians 4:10:

     Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him;)

Anagrams

• sacrum

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Danish

Proper noun

Marcus

1. A male given name, spelling variant of Markus.

References

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 5644 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 2889 named Markus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Dutch

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Proper noun

Marcus ?

1. Mark (book of the Bible)

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German

Proper noun

Marcus

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Markus.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• M.

Etymology

From the name of the god Mars.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmar.kus/

• Audio (Classical)

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Proper noun

Marcus (genitive Marcī); m, second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Marcus	Marcī
genitive	Marcī	Marcōrum
dative	Marcō	Marcīs
accusative	Marcum	Marcōs
ablative	Marcō	Marcīs
vocative	Marce	Marcī

Descendants

Albanian: Mark Basque: Marko Belarusian: Марк Bulgarian: Марко Catalan: Marc Czech: Marek Danish: Markus Dutch: Mark English: Mark

Esperanto: Marko Estonian: Markus Faroese: Markus Finnish: Markus, Markku French: Marc Galician: Marcos German: Markus Greek: Μάρκος Hawaiian: Mareko, Maleko Hebrew: מרקוס

Hungarian: Márk Icelandic: Markús Irish: Marcas Italian: Marco Japanese: マルコ Latvian: Marks, Markuss Ligurian: Marco Lithuanian: Markas, Morkus Macedonian: Марко Maltese: Mark

Manx: Markys Norwegian: Markus Old French: Marc Polish: Marek Portuguese: Marcos Romanian: Marcu Russian: Марк Scottish Gaelic: Marc Serbo-Croatian: Марко Slovak: Marek

Slovene: Marko Spanish: Marcos Swahili: Marko Swedish: Markus Syriac: ܡܪܩܘܣ Ukrainian: Марко Venetian: Marco Walloon: Mår Welsh: Marc West Frisian: Markus

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Markus

Etymology

From Latin Marcus. First recorded in Norway c. 1100.

Proper noun

Marcus

1. A male given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3280 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 6268 named Markus) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Markus

Etymology

From Latin Marcus. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.

Proper noun

Marcus

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Marcus / Markus was the most common given name of boys born in Sweden in the 1990s.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 36 338 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 18 057 named Markus) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.