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Mark m. Latin Marcus, a praenomen derived either from Latin Mars, the name of a god, or Etruscan Marce, of unknown meaning.

The name of one of the Biblical Evangelists, a 2nd C Roman emperor, a 3rd C Roman emperor, a 4th C pope, a 5th C Roman usurper in Britain, a 5th C Byzantine emperor, a 6th C ruler of Cornwall, and a 15th C Greek saint. Wyclif (1395): Mark.

The French dim. Marceau is a vocalic form of Marcel.

Czech Republic
Latin
● 1351 Marcuss (nom) chlumecky 41
England
English
● 1530 Marke PP-HenV p. 18; 1541 Mark BarnstapleBap p. 2, Marke ibid. p. 2; 1543 Mark ibid. p. 3; 1545 Marke ibid. p. 4; 1554 Mark ibid. p. 8; 1557 Marke ibid. p. 10; 1562 Mark BEmar-vol2 p. 95, Marke BarnstapleBap p. 12; 1577 Mark OrpingtonKe p. 5; 1578 Marke ibid. p. 5; 1590 Mark BUmar-vol9 p. 7; 1592 Mark bruton-vol1 p. 51; 1594 Mark BUmar-vol2 p. 65; 1597 Marcus DEmar-vol2 p.36; 1599 Marke BEmar-vol2 p. 96
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1379x1383 mark BbRT p. 336
France
Latin
● 1135 Marcus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x1162 Marcho (abl) ibid. 89; 1147 Marci (gen) ibid. 14, Marco (nom) ibid. 14, Marcus (nom) ibid. 14; 1163 Marci (gen) ibid. 99; 1378 Marco (dat) hanquetvol1 38
Old French
● 1296 Marques paris1296 p. 35
◑ 1296 Marciau paris1296 p. 15; 1313 Marceau Paris1313 p. 25, Marciau ibid. p. 37
Middle French
● 1418 Marc HGParis p. 380; 1421 Marc favier 828; 1438 Marc ibid. p. 296
◑ 1418 Marceau HGParis p. 376, Marcelet ibid. p. 387, Marquelin ibid. p. 387, Marquet ibid. p. 383; 1421 Marcelet favier 970, Marquet ibid. p. 158; 1423 Marcel ibid. 428, Marcelet ibid. 4; 1438 Marcelet ibid. 55
Germany
Latin
◑ 1401 Mercklino (dat) HD1401 no. 145
Early New High German
● 1497 Marx Nurn1497 p. 1
Italy
Latin
● 1326 Marchi (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 446, Marchus (nom) ibid. no. 446; 1527 Marci (gen) Rome1527 p. 88, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 85
◑ 1285 Marcoli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154; 1326 Marcelli (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 440, Marcholinus (nom) ibid. no. 428; 1527 Marcelli (gen) Rome1527 p. 90, Marcellini (gen) ibid. p. 89
The Netherlands
Dutch
● 1573 Marcus MagMiddelburg-1560; 1574 Marcus ibid.
Scotland
Latin
● 1376 Marcus (nom) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Latin
● 1488 Marcus (nom) carbonell p. 21; 1490 Marci (gen) ibid. p. 43, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 43; 1491 Marci (gen) ibid. p. 53
Catalan
● 1510 March valencia1510 4145, Marq ibid. 372
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