Given name & surname
Markese
“a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman”
Markese is a variant of Marquis. One French interpretation is “a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Markese is a variant of Marquis. One French interpretation is “a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Markese is a variant of Marquis. An origin associated with Marquis is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Markese through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,165
- 1,165 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 15 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 52 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 780 as a first name in 2020; 186 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.
Markese’s family of names
Markese has a related form in Marquis.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Markese
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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