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Marcus

Marcus

See also: marcus

English

Proper noun

Marcus

  1. A male given name, Latinate form of Mark.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV):: Colossians 4:10:
      Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him;)- - -
    • 2008 Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385608015, page 73:
      But 'Marcus?' – a strangely Latinate name for someone born in Sighthill. ('Aspirational mother, boss,' he said. 'Better than Titus.Or Sextus.')

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Danish

Proper noun

Marcus

  1. A male given name, spelling variant of Markus.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 5644 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 2889 named Markus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marcus ?

  1. Mark (book of the Bible)

German

Proper noun

Marcus

  1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Markus.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

For *mārtcus, from the name of the god Mārs.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mārcus m (genitive Mārcī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.
  2. Mark (evangelist)
  3. Mark (book of the Bible)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mārcus
genitive Mārcī
dative Mārcō
accusative Mārcum
ablative Mārcō
vocative Mārce

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Norwegian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Marcus. First recorded in Norway c. 1100.

Proper noun

Marcus

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3280 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 6268 named Markus) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Marcus. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.

Proper noun

Marcus

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • Marcus / Markus was the most common given name of boys born in Sweden in the 1990s.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 36 338 males with the given name Marcus (compared to 18 057 named Markus) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

marcus

marcus

See also: Marcus

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Adjective

marcus

  1. bitter

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