Name
MARCO

Name MARCO

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 470,940 births of Marco in the countries below, which represents an average of 3,316 births of children bearing the first name Marco per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 5,152 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Marco   
In Italiano Nome Marco   


Information about the first name Marco

The first name Marco is listed in our categories :The first name Marco has been assigned to:
99.73% to boys
0.27% to girls
The country where the first name Marco is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Marco

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Marco : Acrom, Armoc, Carmo, Macor, Marc O

Marco in Japanese *

Romajimaruko
Katakanaマルコ
Hiraganaまるこ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Marco in Japanese
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Marco in sign language

Marco in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Marco

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco)
Etymology src :
  • From Marco in the game Marco Polo.
Etymology src :
  • From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Marcus.
Etymology src :
  • From Portuguese and Spanish marco, Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“land boundary”).
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • marco
  • Alternative letter-case form of Marco
  • Coordinate terms: polo, marco polo
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Marco (plural Marcos)
  • A male given name from Romance langauges, equivalent to English Mark
  • A male given name from Italian
  • A male given name from Portugese
  • A male given name from Spanish
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • Marco
  • Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • (historical) A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver.
Anagrams src :
  • AMORC, Armco, Comar, Coram, carom, croma, macro, macro-
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊ
General
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish *mark (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Germanic *marką. As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka, via Old Swedish mark. Cognate with English mark, Catalan marc, and Galician and Portuguese marco.
Proper noun src :
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish *marku (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Germanic *markō.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • frame
  • framework
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • (historical) marco, Spanish mark (a traditional unit of weight, equivalent to about 230 g)
  • (historical) mark (other similar half-pound weights in other measurement systems)
  • (historical) mark (a former German currency)
  • (historical) markka (a former Finnish currency)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾko/ [ˈmaɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -aɾko
  • Syllabification: Mar‧co
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾko/ [ˈmaɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -aɾko
  • Syllabification: mar‧co
Proper noun src :
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, border”).
Etymology src :
  • From Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“land boundary”). As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka, via Old Swedish mark. Cognate with English mark, Catalan marc, and Galician and Spanish marco.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • boundary-post
  • Synonyms: baliza, estaca, limite, linde, poste
  • mark (indication for reference or measurement)
  • Synonyms: marca, marcação
  • landmark
  • (figuratively) an important event; a turning point
  • doorframe, window frame
  • Synonym: moldura
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • (historical) marco, Portuguese mark, a traditional unit of mass, usually equal to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver
  • (historical) mark, other similar half-pound units in other measurement systems
  • (historical) mark, a former German currency
  • (historical) markka, a former Finnish currency
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • marco
  • first-person singular present indicative of marcar
Pronunciation src :
  • Homophone: Marco
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Marcos
Galician
Etymology src :
  • Attested in local Latin documents since the 9th century, together with its derivatives marcar and demarcar (“to demarcate”). Given its early local documentation, it is not a borrowing from Italian, but from Gothic or rather Suevic. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary, region”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, border”).
Etymology src :
  • From Medieval Latin marcus, from Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“boundary, border”). As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka. Cognate with Catalan marc and Spanish and Portuguese marco.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marcos)
  • boundary marker (usually, a stone or a set of three stones used for marking a boundary)
  • Synonym: mollón
  • doorframe or window frame
  • Synonym: moldura
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾko̝/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco
  • (historical) marco, Spanish mark, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 230 g
  • (historical) mark, similar half-pound units of mass in other measurement systems
  • (historical) mark, a former German currency
  • (historical) markka, a former Finnish currency
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾko̝/
Latin
Proper noun src :
  • Mārcō m
  • dative/ablative singular of Mārcus
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Mārcus, from an earlier adjectival form *martcus (“pertaining to Mars”), from the name of the deity Mārs.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • marco m (plural marchi)
  • mark (money)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • marco
  • first-person singular present indicative of marcare
Anagrams src :
  • croma, macro, macro-
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmar.ko/
  • Rhymes: -arko
  • Hyphenation: Màr‧co
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmar.ko/
  • Rhymes: -arko
  • Hyphenation: màr‧co
DE German
Alternative forms src :
Proper noun src :
  • Marco
  • a male given name from Italian
 

Popularity of the name Marco

Number of MARCO births per year

Total births of Marco by country

Births with the first name Marco
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
207,247
830
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
95,858
370
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
70,847
39
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
33,002
0
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
19,929
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
9,197
4
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
8,212
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
4,644
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
4,515
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
2,931
4
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
2,284
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1,886
4
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
1,806
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1,699
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
1,106
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
752
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
735
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
497
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
435
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
383
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
377
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
351
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
333
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
255
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
210
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
141
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
57
0

Total births of Marco by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Marco
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
2021
1,541
1
ESSpain
2021
1,413
0
USUnited State of America
2022
818
0
DEGermany
2022
768
0
FRFrance
2022
87
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
85
0
ARArgentina
2015
78
0
ATAustria
2021
64
0
CLChili
2021
64
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
53
0
ONOntario
2019
38
0
DKDenmark
2022
25
0
BEBelgium
2022
20
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
17
0
PLPoland
2022
14
0
NONorway
2022
13
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
12
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
11
0
IEIreland
2022
10
0
QCQuebec
2022
9
0
ABAlberta
2022
6
0
SESweden
2022
5
0

Comments on the name Marco

Personalities with the first name Marco

There are 621 personalities with the first name Marco


Marco Polo
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Republic of venice
Writer Ambassador Entrepreneur Diplomat Merchant World traveler Memoirist Explorer Traveler


Marc
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Ancient rome
Presbyter


Marco Van Basten
(Marcel Van Basten) src

Kingdom of the netherlands
Association football manager Association football player


Marco Reus
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Germany
Association football player


Marco Verratti
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Italy
Association football player


Marco Asensio
(Marco Asensio Willemsen) src

Spain
Association football player


Marco Materazzi
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Italy
Association football manager Association football player


Marco Rubio
(Marco Antonio Rubio) src

United states of america
Lawyer Politician


Marco Pantani
src

Italy
Sport cyclist


Marco Mengoni
src

Italy
Singer Singer-songwriter



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Marco
Full list of personalities with the first name Marco

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Marco

There are 2702 actors and actresses with the first name Marco
Marco Valero
Marco Mathisen
Marco Yuan
Marco Rotundo
Marco Grieco
Marco Furiase
Marco Ilsø
Marco Franco Svistalski
Marco Sasso
Marco Daniele
Marco Mastrantuono
Marco Schutte
Marco Iannotta
Marco Pigossi
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Marco Hellenthal
Marco Laborda
Marco Palvetti
Marco Sani
Marco Antonio Valdés
Marco Baez
Marco Soumikh
Marco Andreacchio
Marco Ballesteros
Marco Medeiros
Marco Velluti
Marco Macor
Marco Velutti
Marco Iannitello
Marco Pasqua

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Marco
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Marco

Rankings of first name MARCO by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#20ES Spain2021
#27IT Italy2021
#65DE Germany2022
#114AT Austria2021
#159AR Argentina2015
#168CH Switzerland2021
#186CL Chili2021
#191CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#198DK Denmark2022
#250BC British Columbia2022
#294NO Norway2022
#306ON Ontario2019
#330PL Poland2022
#379US United State of America2022
#388IE Ireland2022
#418NZ New Zealand2022
#476QC Quebec2022
#476GB United Kingdom2021
#519BE Belgium2022
#554FR France2022
#644AB Alberta2022
#960SE Sweden2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#20027IT Italy2021