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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. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Mark.

See also Marcel.

Belgium
Dutch
● 1515 Marcq MPSA p. 54 [sic]; 1533 Maercq ibid. p. 62; 1535 Maercq ibid. p. 60 [sic]; 1597x1598 Marcq BoonenGes p. 363, Merck ibid. p. 323, Merckx (gen) ibid. p. 381
Croatia
Latin
● 1439x1482 Marci (gen) Brgles p. 8
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1351 Marcuss (nom) chlumecky 41; 1385 Marcus (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 12
Middle High German
◑ 1349 Merkil (nom) Rössler1 48
Denmark
Danish
● 1581 Marcus KD-1 no. 362
England
Latin
● 1189 Marcus (nom) GASurv p. 82; 1572 Marcus (nom) AuFr Willemsen
Dutch
● 1571 Marcus AuFr Noblet; 1573 Marcus ibid. Geeraerts; 1575 Marcus ibid. Gheerarts; 1576 Marcus ibid. Gheeraerts; 1578 Marcus ibid. Laureijs; 1579 Marcus ibid. p. 85; 1582 Marcus ibid. Lauwereijs; 1583 Marcus ibid. Focka; 1584 Marcq ibid. Laurents; 1586 Marcus ibid. Laurens; 1590 Marcus ibid. Hulster; 1591 Marcus ibid. Geeraerts; 1594 Marcus ibid. Garaerts; 1595 Marcus ibid. Gelarts; 1596 Marcus ibid. Gherarts; 1599 Marcus ibid. Geeraerts
Early Modern 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; 1572/3 Markes SurMus p. 173; 1577 Mark OrpingtonKe p. 5; 1578 Marke ibid. p. 5; 1583/4 Marke SurMus p. 15; 1590 Mark BUmar-vol9 p. 7; 1592 Mark bruton1 p. 51, Marke RegFord p. 2, bruton1 p. 121; 1593 Marke RegFord p. 2; 1594 Mark BUmar-vol2 p. 65; 1596 Marke bruton1 p. 123; 1597 Marcus DEmar-vol2 p.36; 1599 Marke BEmar-vol2 p. 96
Middle French
● 1567 Marc WCS p. 3; 1569 Marc ibid. p. 40; 1570 Marc ibid. p. 40; 1571 Marcq ibid. p. 6, marc ibid. p. 84; 1572 Marc ibid. p. 41; 1576 Marc ibid. p. 43, marcq ibid. p. 12; 1579 marc ibid. p. 15; 1580 Marc ibid. p. 102; 1593 Marc ibid. p. 24; 1595 Marc ibid. p. 51
Walloon
● 1581/2 Marc RWC p. 4; 1582 Marc ibid. p. 5; 1583 Marc ibid. p. 7; 1596 Marc ibid. p. 42; 1598 Marc ibid. p. 50
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1379x1383 mark BbRT p. 336; 1442 Markes ibid. p. 364; 1524x1532 Markus (nom) Saareste1923b p. 138; 1592 Marcus Tiik1977 p. 288, Marx ibid. p. 287
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Marcus (nom) Audén1980 p. 170; 1582 Marcka ibid. p. 172, Marcke (nom) ibid. p. 172
France
Latin
● 1098 Marcho (abl) StVdM-II 697, Marchus (nom) ibid. 697; 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; 1301 Marc (obl) ArchReimsII1 XVII
◑ 1313 Marquot Paris1313 p. 157
Middle French
● 1418 Marc DdB1418 p. 205, HGParis p. 380; 1421 Marc favier 828; 1438 Marc ibid. p. 296; 1493 Marc MSR1838 p. 378; 1504 Marc MHCG2 279; 1563 Marc RegPCC-1 p. 538; 1566 Marc ibid. p. 200; 1567 Marc ibid. p. 299; 1568 Marc ibid. p. 400; 1570 Marc ibid. p. 552; 1571 Marc ibid. p. 475
◑ 1418 Marquelin DdB1418 p. 213, HGParis p. 387, Marquet DdB1418 p. 209, HGParis p. 383; 1421 Marquet favier p. 158
Germany
Latin
● 1394 Marci (gen) SMM p. 180
◑ 1401 Mercklino (dat) HD1401 no. 145
Early New High German
● 1497 Marx Nurn1497 p. 1
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Marci (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 9, Marcus (nom) ibid. III, p. 6; 1432 Marci (gen) RegOct 104; 1457 Marcum (acc) ibid. 84
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Marcii (gen) BBC-Berg 669; 1285 Marci (gen) Perugia1285 p. 159; 1304 Marco (abl) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 56; 1306 Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 58; 1324 Marco (abl) DSF p. 46, 3694; 1326 Marchi (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 446, Marchus (nom) ibid. no. 446; 1367 Marchi (gen) Livi 156; 1369 Marci (gen) ibid. 254; 1376 Marchi (gen) DouGen1 p. 222, Marchio (abl) ibid. p. 16; 1464 Marcho (abl) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Marcus (nom) ibid. CCXXXI; 1485 Marcus (nom) MHCG2 246; 1522x1532 Marci (gen) DSF p. 57, 17, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 52, 34; 1527 Marci (gen) Rome1527 p. 88, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 85
◑ 1285 Marcoli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154; 1310 Marchonis (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL; 1326 Marcholinus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 428; 1376 Marchixio (abl) DouGen1 p. 123; 1464 Marchetus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Marcolus (nom) ibid. CCXXXI
Italian
● 1513x1521 Marcho LeoX p. 14, Marco ibid. p. 23
◑ 1513x1521 Marchetto LeoX p. 16
Latvia
Middle Low German
● 1462 Marcus Arbusow p. 98; 1532 Marcus ibid. p. 97
The Netherlands
Dutch
● 1573 Marcus MagMiddelburg-1560; 1574 Marcus ibid., NHG-Middelburg p. 69; 1599 Marcus MagMiddelburg-1560
Northern Ireland
Latin
● 1450 Marcus (nom) RegOct 87
Poland
Latin
● 1229 Marcus (nom) CDT1 VI
Scotland
Latin
● 1376 Marcus (nom) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Latin
● 1488 Marcus (nom) carbonell-I p. 21; 1490 Marci (gen) ibid. p. 43, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 43, Marques (nom) ibid. p. 42; 1491 Marci (gen) ibid. p. 53, Marcus (nom) ibid. p. 55
Catalan
● 1510 March valencia1510 4145, Marq ibid. 372
Spanish
● 1576 Marcos Catalogo-5.2 3950
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Marci (gen) SDHK no. 6055
Switzerland
Latin
● 1210 Margo (nom) CartChart 7; 1211 Margo (nom) ibid. 5
Cite as: A. Brown, R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Mark". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Mark.