Marko

Marko is a Slavic male first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Like the Italian word Marco , it is a variant of the name Markus ; the surname Marković and its variants are of patronymic origin.

More common variants of the surname are Marković and Markov (Bulgarian Markow ).

Rulers and saints

Marko Kraljević (Marko Mrnjavčević, ~ 1335–1394 / 95), Serbian king
Marko von Križevci (1589–1619), Croatian priest and saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Marko as a family name

Denise Marko (* 1994), German actress
Gerda Marko (1940–2010), German teacher and dramaturge
Hans Marko (1925–2017), German communications engineer and university professor at the Technical University of Munich
Helmut Marko (* 1943), Austrian racing driver
Ján Marko (* 1920), Czechoslovak politician
Joseph Marko (* 1955), Austrian legal scholar and political scientist
Jozef Marko (1923–1996), Slovak football player and football coach
Karol Marko (* 1966), Slovak soccer player and soccer coach
Peter Marko , board member of Silvretta Montafon Bergbahnen AG, Vorarlberg
Petro Marko (1913–1991), Albanian writer
Rita Marko (1920–2018), Albanian politician
Rupert Marko (* 1963), Austrian soccer player
Zekial Marko , actually M arvin Leroy Schmoker (1931–2008), American author

Markó as a family name

Béla Markó (* 1951), Transylvanian-Hungarian writer, poet, teacher and politician
Károly Markó the Elder (1793–1860), Hungarian landscape painter
Károly Markó the Younger (1822–1891), Hungarian landscape painter

Marko as a first name

Marko Alaupović (1885–1979), Roman Catholic clergyman and archbishop
Marko Albert (* 1979), Estonian triathlete from Estonia
Marko Albrecht (* 1970; Mark 'Oh), German music producer and DJ
Marko Allen (* 1967), Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Marko Arnautović (* 1989), Austrian-Serbian football player
Marko Asell (* 1970) is a Finnish wrestler
Marko Asmer (* 1984), Estonian racing driver
Marko Baacke (* 1980), German Nordic combined athlete
Marko Babić (* 1981), Croatian football player
Marko Baša (* 1982), Montenegrin football player
Marko Bezjak (* 1986), Slovenian handball player
Marko Brkušanin (* 1990), Serbian ice hockey player
Marko Hübenbecker (* 1986), German bobsledder
Marko Črnčec (* 1986), Slovenian jazz musician
Marko Marin (* 1989), German soccer player
Marko Ojanen (* 1973), Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Marko Smoler (1857–1941), Sorbian publisher and editor
Marko Werner (* 1976), German actor
Marko Wowtschok (1833–1907; actually Marija Olexanderiwna Wilinska), Ukrainian and Russian writer, translator and folklorist
Marko Yli-Hannuksela , (* 1973), Finnish wrestler