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.
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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A male given name from Latin.
"And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult." 1988, Ann Oakley, Men's Room, pages 25–26:
One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation. 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:
(countable, uncountable) A surname.
(countable, uncountable) Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus. , Acts 15: 37-39
(countable, uncountable) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
(countable, uncountable) A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).
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Evangelist) · hu Márk (male given name) · ro Marku (male given name) · pl Markusz (the Evangelist) · war Marcos (male given name) · ar إِنْجِيل مَرْقُس (book of the Bible) · pt Marcos (book of the Bible) · izh Markko (male given name) · pon Mark (book of the Bible) · fy Markus (the Evangelist) · pl Merkusz (the Evangelist) · ms Markus (book of the Bible) · hi मार्क (male given name) · ar مَرْقُص (male given name) · ca Marc (book of the Bible) · cs Marek (male given name) · pl Marek (the Evangelist) · sh Marko (the Evangelist) · ro Marcu (male given name) · ceb Marcos (book of the Bible) · eu Martzel (book of the Bible) · it Marco (the Evangelist) · wa Må (book of the Bible) · cy Marc (book of the Bible) · de Markus (book of the Bible) · fr Marc (male given name) · ceb Marcos (male given name) · la Marcus (book of the Bible) · ko 마크 (male given name) · ko 마르코 복음서 (book of the Bible) · br Marzh (male given name) · sq Márku (male given name) · th มาระโก (book of the Bible) · ja マルコ (the Evangelist) · cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ (male given name) · ka მარკოზი (the Evangelist) · az Mark (male given name) · br Mark (book of the Bible) · aii ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ (the Evangelist) · syc ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ (book of the Bible) · cdo 馬可 /马可 (male given name) · el κατά Μάρκον (book of the Bible) · zea Marcus (the Evangelist) · ko 마르코 (the Evangelist) · lis ꓟ-ꓘꓳ (the Evangelist) · cy Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Marc (book of the Bible) · co Marcu (male given name) · uk Марко́ (male given name) · cs Marka (the Evangelist) · mk Ма́рко (the Evangelist) · vi Mác (the Evangelist) · pon Mark (the Evangelist) · chr ᎹᎦ (the Evangelist) · ar مَارْك (male given name) · onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ (the Evangelist) · lis ꓟ-ꓘꓳ (male given name) · lt Márkas (male given name) · mi Māka (male given name) · et Markuse (book of the Bible) · sc Marcu (male given name) · gd Marc (the Evangelist) · cs Marka (book of the Bible) · ta மாற்கு (the Evangelist) · es Marcos (the Evangelist) · el Μάρκος (the Evangelist) · cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕ (male given name) · co Marcu (the Evangelist) · br Mark (the Evangelist) · nl Mark (the Evangelist) · io Markus (the Evangelist) · gv Markys (male given name) · ms Markus (the Evangelist) · arc מרקוס (the Evangelist) · fy Markus (male given name) · pl Marek (male given name) · es Marco (male given name) · nap Marco (male given name) · tl Marcos (book of the Bible) · ar مَرْقُس (the Evangelist) · fy Markus (book of the Bible) · aii ܡܵܪܩܘܿܣ (male given name) · es Evangelio según San Marcos (book of the Bible) · sco Mark (male given name) · vi Máccô (book of the Bible) · uk Марк (male given name) · sv Markusevangeliet (book of the Bible) · co Marcu (book of the Bible) · mi Māka (the Evangelist) · id Markus (book of the Bible) · fr Marc (book of the Bible) · he מארק (male given name) · ga Marcas (book of the Bible) · be Марк (male given name) · eu Martzel (male given name) · ru Марк (the Evangelist) · fi Markus (male given name) · et Markus (male given name) · vi Máccô (the Evangelist) · ast Marcos (male given name) · li Marcus (book of the Bible) · sh Марко (the Evangelist) · af Markus (book of the Bible) · hak 馬可 /马可 (the Evangelist) · es Marcos (male given name) · gd Marc (book of the Bible) · sco Mark (the Evangelist) · hu Márk (the Evangelist) · el Μάρκος (male given name) · ja マーク (male given name) · ja マルコによる福音書 (book of the Bible) · he ספר מארקוס (book of the Bible) · pt Marcos (male given name) · ro Marcu (book of the Bible) · sv Markus (the Evangelist) · no Markus (male given name) · haw Maleko (male given name) · war Marcos (the Evangelist) · syc ܡܪܩܘܣ (male given name) · is Markús (male given name) · cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ (book of the Bible) · hy Մարկոս (male given name) · tl Mark (male given name) · tl Marco (male given name) · li Marcus (male given name) · wa Må (male given name) · sl Marko (book of the Bible) · pl Margusz (the Evangelist) · ka მარკოზი (male given name) · pt Marco (male given name) · am ማርቆስ (the Evangelist) · sco Mark (book of the Bible) · id Markus (male given name) · la Marcus (the Evangelist) · lv Marks (male given name) · mi Māka (book of the Bible) · ar مَرْقُس (book of the Bible) · fi Markuksen evankeliumi (book of the Bible) · gl Marcos (male given name) · syc ܡܪܩܘܣ (the Evangelist) · th มาระโก (the Evangelist) · ta மாற்கு (book of the Bible) · sl Marko (the Evangelist) · it Marco (book of the Bible) · sq Márko (male given name) · it Marco (male given name) · ar مَرْقُس (male given name) · mk Ма́рко (male given name) · lt Mõrkus (the Evangelist) · hi मरक़ुस (the Evangelist) · tum Mariko (the Evangelist) · lad בשורה אסיגון מרק (book of the Bible) · gd Marc (male given name) · io Markus (book of the Bible) · oc Marc (male given name) · de Markus (male given name) · onw ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩ (male given name) · vi Mác (book of the Bible) · hu Márk (book of the Bible) · is Markús (the Evangelist) · sh Marko (male given name) · br Mezar (male given name) · cdo 馬可 /马可 (the Evangelist) · ast Marcu (book of the Bible) · ru Марк (male given name) · mr मार्क (male given name) · sw Marko (male given name) · ast Marcu (the Evangelist) · sw Marko (the Evangelist) · io Markus (male given name) · sk Marek (book of the Bible) · wa Må (the Evangelist) · arc מרקוס (male given name) · grc Μᾶρκος (the Evangelist) · da Markusevangeliet (book of the Bible) · lv Marks (the Evangelist) · sv Markus (male given name) · id Markus (the Evangelist) · cop ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩ (male given name) · la Marcus (male given name) · yue 馬可 /马可 (the Evangelist) · cmn 馬克 /马克 (male given name) · haw Mareko (book of the Bible) · mt L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark (book of the Bible) · tum Mariko (book of the Bible) · gv Markys (the Evangelist) · fi Markku (male given name) · ru Ева́нгелие от Ма́рка (book of the Bible) · vi Mác (male given name) · zea Marcus (book of the Bible) · iu ᒫᕐᒃ (male given name) · my မာကု (the Evangelist) · cy Marc (male given name) · lt Evangelija pagal Morkų (book of the Bible) · ceb Marcos (the Evangelist) · fa مرقس (book of the Bible) · he מארקוס (the Evangelist) · es Marcos (book of the Bible)