Given name & surname
Marco
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marco is a form of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marco is a form of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marco is a form of Mark. An origin associated with Mark is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Romance Marco, from Italian Marco, from Portuguese Marco, from Spanish Marco.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76,917
- 76,578 boys · 339 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 2,117 babies
- 2025
- 862
- #370 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 862 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 370 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,117 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (158). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 106,978 as a first name in 2020; 2,992 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.
Marco’s family of names
In Italian usage, Marco has a diminutive in MARCHINO. Marco shares a linguistic root with Mark. Marco has a related form in Marcus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marco has relatives in 11 languages.
12 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marco
- Marco PoloVenetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
- Mark the Evangelistcredited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)12–68
- Marco van BastenDutch association football player and manager (born 1964)
- Marco Rubio72nd United States Secretary of State since 2025born 1971
- Marco ReusGerman association football player (born 1989)
- Marco VerrattiItalian association football playerborn 1992
- Marco AsensioSpanish association football playerborn 1996
- Marco MaterazziItalian association football player and managerborn 1973
- Marco MengoniItalian singerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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