Given name & surname
Marque
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marque is a variant of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marque is a variant of Mark. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marque is a variant of 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 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marque through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,175
- 1,035 boys · 140 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 988 as a first name in 2020; 287 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marque
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Markus
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
>99% boys
Malcom
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“who is like God?”
99% boys · 1% girls
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“gift of God” · “a gift from God”
>99% boys