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[ 2 syll. mar-kus, ma-rk-us ] The boy name Markus is pronounced as MAARKahS †. Markus is used mostly in the Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Latvian, and Scandinavian languages. Its language of origin is Latin. Markus is a variant form of the Dutch, English, Russian, and Scandinavian name Mark. Markus is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1994, 0.019% of baby boys were given the name Markus. It was #508 in rank then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.016% and its ranking #682. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Markus, Mark was the most widely used. In 2008, it was 8 times more popular than Markus. Baby names that sound like Markus include the Irish and Scottish Marcas, the English, French, and German Marcus, the name Marceau, the Hungarian Marci, the Italian and Spanish Marco, the Portuguese and Spanish Marcos, the Czech and Polish Marek, the Russian Marka, the name Markese, the name Markess, the English Markie, the name Markis, the name Markise, the name Markize, the Finnish Markku, the Czech, German, Slavic, and Slovenian Marko, the Greek Markos, the Romanian Marku, the English Marky, and the name Marquese.
† English pronunciation for Markus: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
