THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Mark Anthony
Mark Anthony is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Mark Anthony Santos. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
People with the name Mark Anthony
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mark Anthony Santos
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Mark Anthony Santos
The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
Names in this collection
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mark Anthony in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mark Anthony
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mamatanto·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Marciano♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Marianing♀Short form of Marian
- Marianito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Marianne♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mabaning·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Macabangen·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Macarthur·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Mark Anthony?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Mark Anthony further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q53661163 — Mark Anthony (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Mark Anthony Santos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q53661163 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.