Markis
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Markis by the numbers
Markis was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Markis
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 Markis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Markusdedicated to mars; variant of Marcus223 in the US (2017)
- Markosdedicated to Mars; warrior; greek form of Marcus5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Markiewarlike; a form of Marcus21 in the US (2017)
- Markasdedicated to mars; a form of Marcus7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Markeis5 in the US (2017)
- Marcusdedicated to Mars; warlike2,011 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Markis
Names that are said the same way as Markis, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Markis
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