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Марко
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Марко (Markó) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Marko.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Марко is Marko written in Cyrillic. Marko is a variant of Marcus. In Latin use, Marcus carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Марко comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Марко developed from Marcus.
Марко’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Марко developed from the Latin form Marcus. In Bulgarian usage, Марко has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marc. In Macedonian usage, Марко has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Marcos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Марко has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Марко comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Марко
- Marko KropyvnytskyiUkrainian writer and actor (1840–1910)
- Marko MrvaljevićMontenegrin association football playerborn 2001
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