Markan

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Markan by the numbers

Markan was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Markan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Markan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marianof Mary; relating to the Virgin Mary195 in the US (2017)
  • Marjancoral7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maryan29 in the US (2017)
  • Markai8 in the US (2017)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Markan

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