Jean-Marc
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jean-Marc is a given name, most frequently recorded in France. In French Guiana it is the 5th most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Jean (“John”) + Marc (“Mark”). Cognate with Italian Gianmarco.
- NLNetherlands1 in 199K◐
- SESweden1 in 243K
- FIFinland1 in 696K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register — countries with no such register are left blank rather than estimated. One hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈176 ●
- Sources
- 321 ●
- 1 in 199K ◐
across 4 countries
152K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Jeanmarc in ES Spain, IT Italy, TW Taiwan.
Meaning & origin●
From Jean (“John”) + Marc (“Mark”). Cognate with Italian Gianmarco.
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #259 | 435,395 | 128K rec. | — | 91K | Jean-Marc | 321 |
| CA Canada | #994 | 7,215 | 5.8K rec. | — | 1 | Jean-Marc | 102 |
| BE Belgium | #252 | 6,949 | 7K rec. | — | — | Jean-Marc | 99 |
| US United States | — | 6,289 | 5.5K rec. | — | 6 | Jean-Marc | 202 |
| CH Switzerland | #198 | 3,006 | 1.1K rec. | — | — | Jean-Marc | 76 |
| DE Germany | — | 1,323 | 1.1K rec. | — | 1 | Jean-Marc | 75 |
| GP Guadeloupe | #98 | 1,156 | 25 rec. | — | 5 | Jean-Marc | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1,144 | 751 rec. | — | — | Jean-Marc | 69 |
| MQ Martinique | #116 | 1,136 | 35 rec. | — | 5 | Jean-Marc | 17 |
| AU Australia | — | 794 | 737 rec. | — | 1 | Jean-Marc | 47 |
| GF French Guiana | #5 | 429 | 17 rec. | — | 5 | Jean-Marc | 11 |
| ES Spain | — | 203 | 268 rec. | — | — | Jeanmarc | 39 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French449K97%
- English4.9K1%
- French (Côte d’Ivoire)2.1K1%
- German1.7K1%
- Chinese6431%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 448,556 | 97% |
| English | 4,859 | 1% |
| French (Côte d’Ivoire) | 2,142 | 1% |
| German | 1,740 | 1% |
| Chinese | 643 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1955 | 5 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 10 |
| 1961 | 15 |
| 1962 | 15 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1964 | 20 |
| 1965 | 35 |
| 1966 | 50 |
| 1967 | 50 |
| 1968 | 55 |
| 1969 | 70 |
| 1970 | 70 |
| 1971 | 55 |
| 1972 | 75 |
| 1973 | 55 |
| 1974 | 80 |
| 1975 | 45 |
| 1976 | 50 |
| 1977 | 35 |
| 1978 | 30 |
| 1979 | 35 |
| 1980 | 25 |
| 1981 | 25 |
| 1982 | 25 |
| 1983 | 25 |
| 1984 | 20 |
| 1985 | 10 |
| 1986 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 15 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
GP INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe) — 51 years between 1952–2005. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Jean-Marc Nattierb. 1685FRnot in their usual nameFrench painter (1685-1766)
- Jean-Marc Fontaineb. 1944FRnot in their usual nameFrench mathematician (1944–2019)
- Jean-Marc Ayraultb. 1950FRnot in their usual namePrime Minister of France (2012-2014)
- Jean-Marc Furlanb. 1957FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer
- Jean-Marc Avelineb. 1958FRnot in their usual nameFrench cardinal (1958-)
- Jean-Marc Luisadab. 1958FRnot in their usual nameFrench musician
- Jean-Marc Barrb. 1960USnot in their usual nameFrench-American actor and director
- Jean-Marc Valléeb. 1963CAnot in their usual nameCanadian director, screenwriter, film editor, actor and film producer from Québec
- Jean-Marc Bosmanb. 1964BEnot in their usual nameBelgian footballer
- Jean-Marc Germainb. 1966FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 40 sources across 28 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 265 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jean-Marc mean, and where does it come from?
- From Jean (“John”) + Marc (“Mark”). Cognate with Italian Gianmarco. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Jean-Marc a male or female name?
- Jean-Marc is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jean-Marc have the most bearers?
- Jean-Marc is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled jean-marc.
- Where is Jean-Marc most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jean-Marc is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 199 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Jean-Marc?
- We estimate roughly 176 people bear Jean-Marc (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- How common is Jean-Marc compared with other names?
- In France, Jean-Marc is the 259th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.
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Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jean-Marc” — the 259th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.