Meaning, origin and history of the name Markos

Gender Masculine

Scripts Μᾶρκος (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈmaɾ.kos/ (Greek) /mâːr.kos/ (Classical Greek) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Greek form of Marcus (see Mark).

VariantMarcus (Ancient Roman)

Feminine FormMarcia (Ancient Roman)

Other Languages & CulturesMark (Armenian) Marko (Basque) Mark (Belarusian) Mark (Biblical) Marcus (Biblical Latin) Marko (Bulgarian) Marc (Catalan) Margh (Cornish) Marko (Croatian) Marek (Czech) Marcus, Mark, Markus (Danish) Marco, Mark (Dutch) Marcus, Mark, Marky (English) Marek, Margus, Marko, Markus (Estonian) Markku, Marko, Markus (Finnish) Marc (French) Marco, Markus (German) Maleko (Hawaiian) Márk (Hungarian) Marcas (Irish) Marco (Italian) Mareks, Marks, Markuss (Latvian) Mercutio (Literature) Markas (Lithuanian) Marko (Macedonian) Marcus, Markus (Norwegian) Marek (Polish) Marco, Marcos, Marquinhos (Portuguese) Marcu (Romanian) Mark (Russian) Marcas (Scottish Gaelic) Marko (Serbian) Marek (Slovak) Marko (Slovene) Marco, Marcos (Spanish) Marcus, Markus (Swedish) Mark, Marko (Ukrainian) Marc (Welsh)

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Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3138, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3138.