MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mark mean?
Mark is the English form of Latin Marcus, an ancient Roman personal name traditionally associated with Mars, the Roman war god. Its transmission also includes the biblical evangelist Mark.
Dedicated to Mars is an explanatory paraphrase of the relationship, not a literal modern description of a bearer. Mark and Marco share this older name family.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
A male given name from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Mark
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 Cojuangco
Filipino politician
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mark Javier
Filipino archer
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
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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
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Mark Cojuangco, Mark Javier
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mark in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mark
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
- Mar♂Sea in a Spanish devotional name; a separate Danish form exists
- Mara♀Bitter in Hebrew, or a Maria/Tamara short form
- Marc♂French, Catalan, or Welsh form of Marcus
- Mari♂♀Mary-family form; also a separate Japanese name
- Marky♂Familiar form of Mark
- Mars♂Roman deity name continuing the older form Mavors
- Mart♂Short form of Martin
- Marx·Documented Marcus short form
What rhymes with Mark?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Mark
6 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Joseph Mark·Joseph: he will add; Mark: Roman Marcus form
- Mark Andrew Arthur·Mark: Marcus family; probably associated with Mars; Andrew: Manly in its Greek formation; Arthur: Brittonic Arthur tradition; competing Celtic and Roman roots
- Mark Anthony♂Mark and Anthony: two Roman name families
- Mark John·Mark: Marcus family; probably associated with Mars; John: Yahweh is gracious
- Mark Paulus·Mark: Marcus family; probably associated with Mars; Paulus: Small in the Latin name family
- Thomas Mark·Thomas: twin; Mark: from marcus, traditionally connected with mars
Explore Mark 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 Q13610143 — Mark (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 Cojuangco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13610143 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Mark Javier (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13610143 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mark (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Mark (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.