Given name
Marcion
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
In Latin use, Marcion is a diminutive of Marcus. In Latin use, Marcus carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Original LatinMarcion Sinopensis
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Marcion is a diminutive 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
Marcion comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Latin usage, Marcion is a diminutive of Marcus. In English usage, Marcion developed from Μᾶρκος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marcion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marcion’s family of names
In Latin usage, Marcion is a diminutive of Marcus. In English usage, Marcion developed from the Ancient Greek form Μᾶρκος. In English usage, Marcion has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marcion de Rome.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marcion has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Marcion comes from · 3 names
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Marcion, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Carpenter
“one who makes carriages”
>99% boys
Lito
Lito is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Late Latin. It is used in Spanish, Cebuano, and Galician.
>99% boys
Ieuan
“God is gracious”
>99% boys
Mackinnon
“the son of the fair one”
>99% boys
Kasion
>99% boys
Musleh
Musleh is a surname.
>99% boys
Amillyon
>99% boys
Mahmud
“one who is praiseworthy”
>99% boys