Marc
Marc is an old Roman man's name, which was probably originally called "Marcitus" or "Marctus". Like the later form of Marcus and the identical form of Mark, it is consecrated to the god of war Mars and means in connection with something "the warrior".
Marc is currently a male given name in French , Catalan and Welsh languages, but is also given elsewhere.
Name day is April 25th.
variants
- Marc,
- Mark,
- Markus ,
- Marcus,
- Marcellus (German),
- Marcel (French),
- Marco ,
- Marcello (Italian),
- Marek (Czech)
Name bearer
- Marc Acardipane (actually: Marc Trauner ; * 1969), German music producer and DJ
- Marc Almond (born 1957), British singer and songwriter
- Marc Andreessen (* 1971), developer of the Mosaic browser
- Marc Anthony (* 1968), American singer
- Marc Berthod (* 1983), Swiss ski racer
- Marc Bijsterbosch (* 1993), Dutch pool player
- Marc Bürkle (* 1977), German handball player
- Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Belarusian painter
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer
- Marc Cohn (* 1959), American singer-songwriter
- Marc Dutreeuw (* 1960), Belgian chess player
- Marc Daniels (1912–1989), American film director
- Marc Eberle (soccer player) (* 1980), German soccer player
- Marc Eberle (director) (* 1972), German director
- Marc Forster (* 1969), Swiss-German film director and screenwriter
- Marc Gagnon (* 1975), Canadian speed skater (short track)
- Marc Gené (* 1974), Spanish racing driver
- Marc Gicquel (* 1977), French tennis player
- Marc Hennerici (* 1982), German racing driver
- Marc Holtz (* 1978), Luxembourg pool player
- Marc Huster (* 1970), German weightlifter
- Marc-André Kruska (* 1987), German soccer player
- Marc Lauenstein (* 1980), Swiss orienteer
- Marc Margielsky (* 1972), German illustrator
- Marc Márquez (* 1993), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Marc Nagel (* 1970), German handball player and handball trainer
- Marc Narciso Dublan (* 1974), Spanish chess player
- Marc Ottiker (* 1967), Swiss film and theater director
- Marc Overmars (* 1973), Dutch football player
- Marc Pfertzel (* 1981), French football player
- Marc Rosset (* 1970), Swiss tennis player
- Marc Rothemund (* 1968), German film director
- Marc Speicher (* 1984), German politician
- Marc Stein (* ~ 1964), American historian
- Marc Stein (* 1985), German soccer player
- Marc Surer (* 1951), Swiss racing driver
- Marc Sway (actually: Stefan Bachofen ; * 1979), Swiss pop-rock musician
- Marc Tophoven (* 1992), German rap musician
- Marc Vidal (* 1991), French football goalkeeper
- Marc Vidal Claramunt (* 1976), Spanish pool player
- Marc Wachsmuth (* 1987), German e-athlete