Given name & surname
Marka
“born during a steady rain”
Marka is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born during a steady rain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born during a steady rain.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 5 boys · 249 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 17 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 girls is 8 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 as a first name in 2020; 118 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marka’s family of names
Marka has a related form in Markah. In Greek usage, Marka as a surname is a transliteration of Μαρκά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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