Mark (name)
Mark is a given name and surname and another form of Marc . In terms of meaning and origin, the names are identical. Mark means something like "the warrior".
Origin and meaning
The first name Mark is a young short form or the English variant of the name Markus .
The surname Mark is polygenetic:
- It is a short form of nicknames, which are formed with the word marka, old high German for "border, borderland, total property of a municipality" (for example Markward / t, Markhard / t );
- it is a dwelling name in Old High German and Old Low German marka "border, border region, total property of a community";
- it is an origin name for the common place name Mark (Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, Bavaria, East Prussia).
distribution
The name Mark (Marc) quickly became popular in the late 1950s. He was once among the ten most popular boy names of the year in the mid-1970s. Then its popularity declined somewhat and remained at a constant mid-level among the fifty most popular first names in the eighties and nineties. In the new millennium, its popularity declined again a little.
variants
Name bearer
family name
- House Mark (noble family) , Westphalian noble family
- Abraham Jakob Mark ( Avraham Yaakov Mark ; 1884–1941), Chief Rabbi of the Bucovina congregation
- Adolf I von der Mark (before 1182–1249), Count von der Mark
- Adolf II of the Mark (Liège) (1288–1344), Bishop of Liège
- Adolf III. von der Mark (1334–1394), Count von der Mark and Bishop of Münster
- Alexander von der Mark (1779–1787), illegitimate son of Friedrich Wilhelm II.
- Anna von der Mark-Arenberg († 1436), abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey
- Bernard Mark (1908–1966), Polish historian
- Bertil Mark (* 1976), German light and stage designer, drummer and music producer
- Bob Mark (1937-2006), Australian tennis player
- Christian Mark (* 19 ??), Austrian skeleton pilot and bobsleigh driver
- Christopher Mark (* 1972), tennis player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Connie Mark (1923-2007), British activist of Jamaican origin
- David Mark (* 1948), Nigerian politician
- Detlef Mark (* 1954), German ice hockey player
- Eberhard von der Mark , also Erhard von der Mark (1472–1538), Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Liège, called Cardinal von Bouillon
- Eberhard I. von der Mark († 1308), Count of the Mark and Count of Altena
- Edward L. Mark (1847–1946), American zoologist and anatomist
- Engelbert I. von der Mark († 1277), Count von der Mark
- Engelbert II von der Mark († 1328), Count von der Mark and Count von Aremberg
- Engelbert III. von der Mark (Cologne) (1304–1368), Bishop of Liège
- Engelbert III. von der Mark (1330–1391), Count von der Mark
- Erhard von der Mark (1472–1538), Prince-Bishop of Liège and Archbishop of Valencia
- Georg Mark , Austrian conductor
- Georg Joachim Mark (1726–1774), German theologian and librarian
- Gergely Márk (1923–2012), Hungarian rose grower
- Haiganouche Mark (1883–1966), Armenian writer
- Hans Mark (* 1929), American physicist
- Hans H. Meyer-Mark (? –1958), German management consultant
- Heinrich von der Mark (1784–1865), German lieutenant general and politician
- Heinrich Mark (1911–2004), Estonian politician, head of state from 1990 to 1992
- Helmut Mark (* 1958), Austrian artist
- Henry Mark (1917–1961), American artist
- Hermann F. Mark (1895–1992), Austrian chemist
- J. Carson Mark (1913–1997), American mathematician
- Jan Mark (1943–2006), British youth and science fiction writer
- Josef Mark (1859 – after 1903), Austrian actor and opera singer (bass)
- Johannes a Marck (1656–1731), Dutch theologian
- Jon Mark (* 1943), British musician
- Julia Mark (1796– ??), archetype of various female figures in the work of ETA Hoffmann
- Julius Mark (1890–1959), Estonian linguist
- Karl Mark (1900–1991), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Kerstin Mark (* 1985), German radio presenter and editor
- Konrad von der Mark (1294–1353), German knight and founder of a monastery
- Laurence Mark (* ~ 1949), American film producer
- Lothar Mark (* 1945), German politician (SPD)
- Louisa Mark (1960–2009), British singer
- Manuel Mark (* 1985), Austrian Taekwondoin
- Marianne von der Mark (1780–1814), illegitimate daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm II.
- Martin Mark (* 1961), German priest and theologian
- Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015), American photojournalist
- Michael van der Mark (* 1992), Dutch motorcycle racer
- Oliver Mark (* 1963), German photographer
- Philip Mark , a French official in the service of the English kings
- Robert Mark (physician) (1898–1981), Austrian-German internist
- Robert Mark (policeman) (1917-2010), British policeman
- Robert Mark (civil engineer) (1930–2019), American civil engineer and researcher
- Robert Mark (musician) (* 1957), Swiss jazz musician
- Robert Mark , pseudonym of Rudolf Zehetgruber (* 1926), Austrian actor
- Robert Mark , pseudonym of Rodd Dana (* 1934), American actor
- Robert Mark (1937-2006), Australian tennis player, see Bob Mark
- Robin Mark (* 1989), Swiss musician and composer
- Rudolf A. Mark (* 1951), German historian
- Russell Mark (* 1964), Australian marksman
- Toni Mark (1934–1959), Austrian ski racer
- Vanessa Mark (* 1996), German bobsleigh driver
- Yudel Mark or Yudl Mark (1897–1975), Lithuanian-American linguist, educator, and political activist
First name
- Mark Arcobello (* 1988), American ice hockey player
- Mark Aurel (121–180), Roman emperor
- Mark Bender (* 1959), German country singer
- Mark Blum (1950–2020), American actor
- Mark Calaway (born 1965), American wrestler
- Mark Davis (* 1960), American baseball player
- Mark Davis (born 1964), American baseball player
- Mark DiSalle (* 19 **), American screenwriter, director, producer, actor and entrepreneur
- Mark Fayne (* 1987), American ice hockey player
- Mark Filatov (* 1990), Kyrgyz-German actor and web video producer
- Mark Forster (* 1984), German singer and songwriter
- Mark Häberlein (* 1966), German historian and university professor
- Mark Hamill (born 1951), American actor
- Mark Hennen (* 1951), American jazz pianist
- Mark Henry (* 1971), American wrestler and weightlifter
- Mark Iuliano (* 1973), Italian football player and coach
- Mark Leinhos (* 1991), German handball player
- Mark Lilla (* 1956), American scientist
- Mark Little (* 1988), English soccer player
- Mark Medlock (* 1978), German singer and soul pop artist
- Mark Newhouse (* 1985), American poker player
- Mark Owen (* 1972), British pop musician
- Mark Radoja (* 1985), Canadian poker player
- Mark Redl (* 1993), German soccer goalkeeper
- Mark Rothko (1903–1970), Latvian-American painter
- Mark Ruffalo (* 1967), American actor
- Mark Rutte (* 1967), Dutch politician and Prime Minister
- Mark Scheibe (* 1968), German musician, composer, songwriter and entertainer
- Mark Seibert (* 1979), German musical actor
- Mark Spitz (* 1950), American swimmer
- Mark Strong (born 1963), British actor
- Mark Teltscher (* 1980), British poker player
- Mark Tobey (1890–1976), American painter
- Mark Tushnet (* 1945), American lawyer and civil rights activist
- Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer
- Mark Uth (* 1991), German soccer player
- Mark Wahlberg (* 1971), American actor, singer and film producer
- Mark Washington (born 1947), American football player
- Mark Zettl (* 1998), German soccer player
- Mark Zuckerberg (* 1984), American entrepreneur, founder of Facebook
swell
- ↑ https://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/5034-mark.htm
- ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning, edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 446.
- ↑ Statistics "Popular first names"