Marko (given name)

Marko
PronunciationSerbo-Croatian: [mâːrko]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameSerbian
Region of originSerbia
Other names
Related names
  • Marc
  • Marco
  • Marcos
  • Marcus
  • Markus
Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist

Marko is a masculine given name, a cognate of Mark. The male name Marko is a Roman personal name that comes from the Latin word "Marti-co-s" which is a derivative of Mars, the Roman god of war.

In Croatia, the name Marko was the second most common masculine given name in the decades between 1980 and 1999, and third most common 2000–2011.

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References

  1. ↑ Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 43.
  2. ↑ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.