Given name & surname
Marks
Marks is a given name. It is used in English, Czech, and Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Marks is a romanization of Маркс. Маркс comes from German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Marks developed from Marcus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marks through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 93 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 10 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 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 as a first name in 2020; 47,331 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.
Marks’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Marks developed from the Latin form Marcus. In Latvian usage, Marks has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mark. In Latvian usage, Marks has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marc.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marks has relatives in 11 languages.
12 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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“the champion” · “of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Michel
“who is like God?”
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Russ
“a little red-haired boy”
>99% boys