Given name & surname
Marquez
“a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman”
Marquez is a variant of Marquis. One French interpretation is “a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marquez 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
Marquez 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 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marquez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,641
- 5,636 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 258 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #2,965 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,965 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 258 in 1998. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,114 as a first name in 2020; 106,054 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.
Marquez’s family of names
Marquez has a related form in Marquis. In Filipino usage, Marquez as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Márquez.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Marquez
- Marquez Valdes-ScantlingAmerican football player (born 1994)
- Marquez CallawayAmerican football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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