Name: Marcus
Gender: Male
Usage: Marcus, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Marcus are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Marcus across the world, see Marchi.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Marcus is: Warlike, Hammer.
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Numerology of the first name Marcus: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Marcus is ranked on the 365th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1799200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.025% of the population. The name Marcus has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Marcus for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Marcus is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Marcus (abbreviated M.) is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman pre-Christian origin derived either from Etruscan Marce of unknown meaning, or referring to the god Mars. Because Mars was identified as the Roman god of War, the name 'Marcus' can by extension be taken to refer to Ares in the Greek pantheon.
The name is popular in Europe, particularly in Sweden, Norway, Italy and Germany, and increasingly, in the Netherlands. It is also popular in English language countries, although less common than the shortened variation 'Mark', associated with the Gospel writer Mark the Evangelist (Μάρκος). There are other variants. Marcus ranks in the top 100 most popular boy names in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, Sweden, and Wales since the 1990s, as well as, the top 200 most popular boy names in the US since the 1960s.
Marcus developed as a patronymic or toponymic surname in Italy, southern France, and Spain around 1000 A.D., attributable to religious monasteries and sanctuaries named Sanctus Marcus (or its many variants). The surname was used as an identifier for area of origin. The first historical record of the surname was in the year 1390 in Biberach an der Riß, Germany.
People with the name Marcus or its variants include:
The original Latin form of Mark, of unknown derivation; it may possibly be connected with Marius. This is also the form of the name in Scottish Gaelic, whence the surname Mac Mharrius, Anglicized as Marquis. Marcus was rarely used as a given name in the English-speaking world until recent years, when it has been seized on by parents seeking to give a distinctive form to a common and popular name. Among American Blacks it is sometimes bestowed in honour of the Black Consciousness leader Marcus Garvey (1887–1940).
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