Markus

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 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 10 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◐

Markus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name216K records spelled Markus5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Markuš, Märkus, Márkus

• English given name149K records spelled Markus8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland

  Also written Márkus, 'Markus, Mark'Us, Markuš, Markús

• Portuguese given name44K records spelled Markus7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Switzerland, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Markús, Márkus, Markuš, Marküs

• a separate given name15K records spelled Markus5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Switzerland, Finland

  Also written Marḳus, Márkus, Markuš, Markús

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●

Markus 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, Mark the Evangelist (biblical character).

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

• In Finnish, Mark the Evangelist.

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

• In German, Patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Markus/Marcus; Schreibvarianten mit k/c, außerdem Nebenformen mit -use, -ussen, -zi usw.; 727 Belege.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In German, Lateinnahes Patronym zu Marcus/Markus; die Karte zeigt c/k-Schreibung bei Markus-Formen. Bearer count not stated.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In German, Patronym zu Rufname Marcus (< lat. Martkos „dem Mars zugehörig, geweiht“); Markus(e) 1996+41, Marcus(e) 474+29.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

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) — 94 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Markus Wolfb. 1923DEHead of the East German foreign intelligence service during the Cold War (1923–2006)
• Markus Stockhausenb. 1957DEGerman trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz, classical music)
• Markus Merkb. 1962DEGerman football referee
• Markus Söderb. 1967DEGerman politician (CSU)
• Markus Babbelb. 1972DEGerman association football player and manager
• Markus Anfangb. 1974DEGerman footballer
• Markus Weinzierlb. 1974DEGerman association football player and manager
• Markus Zusakb. 1975AUAustralian author (born 1975)
• Markus Perssonb. 1979SESwedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
• Markus Rosenbergb. 1982SESwedish 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 · 895 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Markus?

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

In which country does Markus have the most bearers?

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

Where is Markus most common?

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

How common is Markus compared with other names?

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

Is Markus a male or female name?

Markus 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 Markus mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name, from Latin Marcus (see Mark 1).