Marko

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mark in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more, Marco in MX Mexico, PE Peru, IT Italy and 4 more, Marcos in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 1 more and Markus in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland.

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 9 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◐

Marko is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name162K records spelled Marko5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Markó, Mårkõ, Mäŗķö

• English given name74K records spelled Marko14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Canada, Finland

  Also written Márkó, Mark-O, Markó, Mãřkô, Markō

• Polish given name15K records spelled Marko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Serbia, United States, Finland

  Also written Markó, Mărkõ

• a separate given name14K records spelled Marko4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Serbia, Slovenia, Finland

  Also written Márkó, Markó, Marḳo

• Czech given name12K records spelled Marko7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia, Finland

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Markó, Márkó, Márko

74 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●

Marko 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.

• In German, männl. Vom., eindeutschende Schrei­ bung von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, dim of Mark.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Estonian, a male given name, variant of Markus (“Mark”)

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

• In Lithuanian, genitive singular of Márkas (“Mark”)

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

• In Polish, vocative singular of marka

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 99 years between 1892–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marco Hietalab. 1966FInot in their usual nameFinnish musician
• Marko Pantelićb. 1978RSSerbian footballer
• Marko Zarorb. 1978CLChilean actor
• Marko Šulerb. 1983SISlovenian footballer
• Marko Marinb. 1989DEGerman association football player (born 1989)
• Marko Arnautovićb. 1989ATAustrian association football player (born 1989)
• Marko Livajab. 1993HRCroatian association football player (born 1993)
• Marko Pjacab. 1995HRCroatian association football player
• Marko Rogb. 1995HRCroatian association football player
• Marko Grujićb. 1996RSSerbian 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 · 991 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marko?

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

In which country does Marko have the most bearers?

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

Where is Marko most common?

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

How common is Marko compared with other names?

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

Is Marko a male or female name?

Marko 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 Marko mean?

Recorded meaning: 412 Belege; slawisches Patronym zu Rufname Marcus.