Given name & surname

Marcu

Marcu is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Romanian.

Original LatinMarcus

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Marcu comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Marcus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Marcu’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Marcu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mark. In Romanian usage, Marcu has a conventional equivalent in the German form Marcus. In Romanian usage, Marcu was borrowed from the Latin form Marcus.

Walk Marcu’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Marcu has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

GermanLatin

Latinwhere Marcu comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Marcu

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Marcu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Marsau

“of Mars”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Markko

Markko is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Ingrian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Markys

Markys is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Manx.

No U.S. birth series

84% boys · 16% girls

Latin

Madeddu

Madeddu is a surname, possibly from Sardinian, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew

Matouš

“gift of the Lord”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Mariü̍s

Mariü̍s is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Màrius

Màrius is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Catalan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Mārtiņš

“of or like Mars”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Marcu’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Marcu