Given name
Margus
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Margus has a related form in Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Margus has a related form in Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Margus has a related form in Mark. An origin associated with Mark is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Margus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 7 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 5 in 1981. 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.
Margus’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Margus has a related form in Mark. In Estonian usage, Margus has a related form in Markus.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Margus
- Margus TsahknaEstonian politician (born 1977)
- Margus HuntEstonian athletics competitor and American football player (born 1987)
- Margus LaidreEstonian historian and diplomat (born 1959)
- Margus MetstakEstonian basketball player (born 1961)
- ContraEstonian poet and translator (born 1974)
- Margus HansonEstonian politician and economist (born 1958)
- Margus LeivoEstonian politician (1954-2019)
- Margus AllikmaaEstonian theatre leader, cultural figure and politician (born 1961)
- Margus KolgaEstonian diplomat (born 1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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