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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Warlike; hammer; defender

First name variations: Marek, Marc, Marcus, Markus, Marcel, Marceau, Marque, Marco, Marek, Marko, Marus, Markos, Marx, March, Marius, Marquette, Marquis, Marky, Markie, Marilo, Márk, Markó, Márkus, Markis, Mark

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English and Dutch: patronymic from Mark 1.
  2. English: variant of Mark 2.
  3. German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): reduced form of Markus, German spelling of Marcus (see Mark 1).