Marshall

English
"one who looks after horses"

Marshall Origin and Meaning

The name Marshall is a boy's name of French origin meaning "one who looks after horses".

Marshall is an occupational surname, not having to do with anything military or martial, but stemming from the Norman French for someone caring for horses. It's been used as a first name since the nineteenth century and has been on the Social Security list since it started to publish its data in 1880.

Marshall is the real name of rapper Eminem, and it got some attention during the heyday of communications maven Marshall McLuhan. Peyton Manning named his son Marshall, and Jason Segel played the character of Marshall Eriksen on How I Met Your Mother.

# 389 in the US

Marshall Rank in US Top 1000

# 621 on Nameberry

Marshall Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Marshall Popularity

Famous People Named Marshall

  • Marshall Scot Allman
    American actor
  • Marshall Bruce Mathers III aka Eminem
    American rapper
  • (Archibald) Marshall Bell
    American actor
  • Marshall Howard Crenshaw
    American pop musician
  • Marshall William Faulk
    American football player
  • Marshall Edward Newhouse
    American football player
  • (Herbert) Marshall McLuhan
    Canadian professor of media theory
  • Marshall Holman
    American ten,pin bowler
  • Marshall Lancaster
    English actor
  • Marshall Kirk McKusick
    American scientist
  • Marshall Bruce Perron
    Australian politician
  • Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth
    American physicist
  • Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor
    American track cyclist
  • Marshall Williams Manning (b. 2011)
    son of former American football quarterback Peyton Manning
  • Marshall Patrick Kennedy (b. 2018)
    son of American politician and mental health advocate Patrick Kennedy
  • James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix
    American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
  • John Marshall
    extremely influential American chief justice of the Supreme Court
  • George Marshall
    famed American military leader in WWII
  • Marshall Lloyd Bush Rossi
    daughter of Marvin Bush, granddaughter of Barbara and George H. W. Bush

Marshall in Pop Culture

  • Marshall Eriksen
    character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
  • Marshall Lee Abadeer
    gender,swapped version of Marceline on "Adventure Time"
  • Marshall Flinkman
    character on TV's Alias
  • Marshall Mann
    character on the TV series "In Plain Sight"
  • Marshall Islands
    country in the central Pacific
  • Marshall University; university named after John Marshall in Huntington
    WV
  • Marshall's
    department store
  • Also a girl's name
    like Marshall Bush.