Given name & surname
Marc
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
In German use, Marc is a variant of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Marc is a variant of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Marc is a variant of Mark. An origin associated with Mark is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Marc is used as a form of Mark.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marc through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 141,137
- 140,604 boys · 533 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 5,034 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,237 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 162 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,237 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 5,009 in 1970. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (27 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125,342 as a first name in 2020; 1,585 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marc’s family of names
Marc shares a linguistic root with Mark. In French usage, Marc has a conventional equivalent in the German form Marcus. In German usage, Marc has a related form in Mark.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marc has relatives in 63 languages.
33 related names in 63 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MarcoGerman, Italian
- MarcosSpanish, war
- Mardescendant · nrf
- Markocognate · Esperanto, Swahili
- MarekPolish, Czech
- Makderivative · Haitian Creole
- MalekoHawaiian
- Markiyanequivalent
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- Markiequivalent
- MarksLatvian
- Márkusequivalent
- МаркRussian
- Mårcognate · Walloon
- Markkuequivalent
- Маркіянequivalent
- МаркоUkrainian, Serbian
- MarcuSardinian, Romanian
- MarkuRomanian
- 马可cdo
- MarkysManx
- MorkusLithuanian
- マークJapanese
- MarkúsIcelandic
- MárkHungarian
- מרקוסHebrew
- ΜάρκοςGreek
- Märchgallo-italique de Sicile
- Moutgallo
- Mâgallo
- MarghCornish
- MartzelBasque
- مُرْقُسُArabic
People named Marc
- Marc ChagallBelarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
- Marc BlochFrench historian (1886–1944)
- Marc CucurellaSpanish association football playerborn 1998
- Marc AnthonyAmerican singer (born 1968)
- Marc BartraSpanish soccer playerborn 1991
- Marc OvermarsDutch association football player (born 1973)
- Marc MárquezSpanish motorcycle racer (born 1993)
- Marc RavalomananaPresident of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009born 1949
- Marc GuéhiIvorian-English footballer (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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