Marco

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mark in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more, Marcos in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 1 more, Markus in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland and Marek in PL Poland, CZ Czechia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marco is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.7M records spelled Marco98 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Brazil, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Marcoe, Marc'O, Marcó, Márco, 'Marco

• French given name129K records spelled Marco7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Canada

  Also written Marc-O, Marc'O, Março, Märcô, Marcó

• a separate given name89K records spelled Marco5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, Switzerland

  Also written Marcó, Márco, Marčo, Março

• Catalan given name51K records spelled Marco3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Março, Marcó

• Indonesian given name20K records spelled Marco8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Indonesia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Marcõ, Maŕco, Marcó, Màrćo, Marčo

• Finnish given name14K records spelled Marco11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Italy, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Márcó, Márco, Marcó, Mårcő, Màrcò

• French given name10K records spelled Marco177 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Japan, Netherlands

  Languages: French, English, Japanese

  Also written Margaux, Margo, Mariko, מרגו, Მარგო

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marco is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from the personal name Marco, from Latin Marcus (see Mark 1).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• From Latin. See }Mark in main dictionary. Also: Marcos.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• from the personal name Marc, Latin Marcus (see Marc).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Portuguese, landmark, boundary

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In English, A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Markusb. 12ILnot in their usual namecredited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)
• Marco Polob. 1254ITVenetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
• Harry Kurnitzb. 1908USnot in their usual nameAmerican playwright, novelist, screenwriter (1908-1968)
• Marco Pontecorvob. 1966ITItalian cinematographer and film director
• Marco Rubiob. 1971US72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
• Marco Leonardib. 1971AUItalian actor (born 1971)
• Marco Materazzib. 1973ITItalian association football player and manager
• Marco Strellerb. 1981CHSwiss footballer
• Marco Reusb. 1989DEGerman association football player (born 1989)
• Marco Asensiob. 1996ESSpanish association football player

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,481 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marco?

We estimate roughly 3.2 million people bear Marco (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Marco have the most bearers?

Marco is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled mark.

Where is Marco most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marco is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 84 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Marco compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Marco is the 13th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Marco a male or female name?

Marco 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.

What does the name Marco mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian/Spanish form of Marcus, from Latin Mars.