Given name & surname
Markku
“a rebellious woman”·“a rebel”
Markku is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a rebellious woman” (Scandinavian) and “a rebel” (Scandinavian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a rebellious woman” (Scandinavian) and “a rebel” (Scandinavian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
Markku’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Markku has a diminutive in MAKE. Markku shares a linguistic root with Mark. In Finnish usage, Markku has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Marcos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Markku has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Marcusequivalent
- Markcognate · English
- Marcoequivalent
- MarcosSpanish
- Marcequivalent
- MarkusGerman
- Markoequivalent
- Marekequivalent
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People named Markku
- Alexi LaihoFinnish musician (1979–2020)
- Markku Alénrally driver, winner of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Driversborn 1951
- Markku KanervaFinnish association football manager (born 1964)
- Markku Uusipaavalniemicurler and politicianborn 1966
- Markku AroFinnish singerborn 1950
- Markku PeltolaFinnish actor and musician (1956–2007)
- Markku KoskiFinnish snowboarderborn 1981
- Markku PuseniusFinnish ski jumperborn 1964
- Markku LehmuskallioFinnish film director, cinematographer and screenwriterborn 1938
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