Marquan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Marquan by the numbers
Marquan was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 91 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Marquan
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 Marquan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marqwan5 in the US (2017)
- Marquisborder lord, nobleman of rank201 in the US (2017)
- Marianof Mary; relating to the Virgin Mary195 in the US (2017)
- Marquezmarquis, nobleman of rank73 in the US (2017)
- Marwana type of hard stone33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marquesmarquis, nobleman; from Latin marchensis52 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marquan
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