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Марк
“born in March”
Марк (Mark) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Russian and Bulgarian.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mark.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Марк possibly goes back to Latin Marcus, meaning “born in March.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Марк comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Марк’s family of names
In Russian usage, Марк has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mark. In Russian usage, Марк can be written in the Roman alphabet as Mark. In Belarusian usage, Марк has a transliteration in Mark.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Марк has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Марк comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Марк
- Mark TaimanovSoviet chess player (1926–2016)
- Mark ZakharovRussian theatre director (1933-2019)
- Mark AntokolskyRussian sculptor (1840–1902)
- Mark DonskoySoviet film director and screenwriter (1901–1981)
- Mark KreinSoviet mathematician (1907-1989)1908–1989
- Mark RakitaSoviet fencerborn 1938
- Mark IvanirIsraeli actorborn 1964
- Mark TseitlinIsraeli chess grandmaster1943–2022
- Mark FradkinSoviet composer (1914–1990)
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