Markus - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Markus \m(a)-rkus, mar-kus\ is a variant of Marcus (Latin) and Mark (Latin), and the meaning of Markus is "dedicated to Mars".

The baby name Markus sounds like Markos, Marquis, Marcos, Marcas, Marquus, Marques, Markiss, Markise, Markess and Markese. Other similar baby names are Marius, Magus, Maks, Marinus, Marque, Markov, Marko, Markey, Markel, Marqui, Mars, Maurus, Parks and Parkes.

Markus is a somewhat common first name for men (#1029 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#7263 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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