Mark

Latin

"warlike"

Mark Origin and Meaning

The name Mark is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "warlike".

Mark has the rare appeal of a strong, sleek name with a minimalist modern feel and ancient roots. The name Mark is taken from the Roman god of war Mars, also the namesake of the planet.

After centuries of lagging behind other apostle names Peter and Paul, Mark suddenly caught on in the early 1950s, reaching Number 6 by 1960. It was in the Top 10 from 1955 to 1970 and has been among the Top 1000 boys' names for the century and a half that the US has been keeping name records.

Mark Twain was, of course, the pen name taken by Samuel Clemens. Prominent current bearers include actor Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg (the onetime Marky Mark), and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Businessman Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is one of the main Sharks on Shark Tank.

Marc is another, equally acceptable but less popular spelling. There are seven baby boys named Mark for every one spelled Marc.

Mark Rank in US Top 1000

# 251 in the US

Mark Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 500 on Nameberry

Mark Popularity

• 251 US 2023
• 500 Nameberry 2024
• 287 Future 2028
• 241 England 2021
• 76 Ireland 2023
• 120 Germany 2016
• 172 Netherlands 2015
• 55 Poland 2023
• 66 Estonia 2023
• 5 Slovenia 2023

20 Names Similar to Mark

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Mark.

• Matthew
• Timothy
• Anthony
• Paul
• Martin
• Joshua
• David
• Daniel
• John
• Peter
• Jared
• Luke
• Adam
• Jonathan
• Joseph
• Robert
• Michael
• Andrew
• Thomas
• Patrick

Famous People Named Mark

• Saint Mark the Evangelist author of the Gospel of Mark
• Mark Twain pen name of American novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg American actor
• Mark Williams English actor
• Mark Elliot Zuckerberg American founder of Facebook
• Mark Alexander Ballas American ballroom dancer
• Mark Cuban American entrepreneur
• Mark Patrick Michael Feehily Irish singer with the boyband Westlife
• Mark Edward Fischbach aka Markiplier American YouTuber
• Mark Foster American singer of band Foster the People
• Mark Andrew Foster English swimmer
• Mark Gatiss English actor/writer
• Mark Richard Hamill American actor/voice actor
• (Thomas) Mark Harmon American actor
• Mark Allan Hoppus bassist for American band Blink 182
• Mark Indelicato American actor
• Mark Kalev Kostabi American artist
• Mark Larson former guitarist of American band The Districts
• Mark McMorris Canadian professional snowboarder
• Mark Anthony Patrick Owen English singer,songwriter of group Take That
• Mark Ross Pellegrino American actor
• Marliss "Mark" Pugh child star of hip hop group "Another Bad Creation"
• Mark Alan Ruffalo American actor
• Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Mark Wayne Salling American actor
• Mark Travis John Sanchez American NFL player
• Mark Andreas Sheppard English actor
• Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia) British actor
• Mark Yi en Tuan, Taiwanese,American rapper and dancer; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
• Mark Lee (Minhyung) Canadian,Korean rapper, dancer, and singer of boy band NCT
• Mark Hall American singer of Christian band Casting Crowns
• Mark Linn Baker, American actor
• Mark Anthony Tildesley (b. 1976) 7 year old British boy who was abducted, raped and killed in 1984

Mark in Pop Culture

• Dr. Mark Greene character on TV's "ER"
• Dr. Mark Sloan character on TV's Diagnosis: Murder
• Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Mark Cohen character in musical "Rent"
• Mark Healy character on TV's "Roseanne"
• Mark Evans character in movie "The Good Son"
• Mark Bellison main character in film "The Invention of Lying"
• Dr. Mark Flemming character on TV's "The Client List"
• Mark Watney main character in the book and film "The Martian"
• Mark Darcy character in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
• Mark character on TV's "Don't Trust the B,,,, in Apartment 23"
• Mark Mardon aka Weather Wizard character on TV's "The Flash"
• Mark Blackthorn character from Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
• Mark character in film "Love Actually"
• Mark Brendanawicz character on TV's Parks and Recreation
• Mark Corrigan main character on British TV series Peep Show
• Mark Mack character on TV's Oz
• Mark Jefferson character in the video game Life Is Strange
• Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman character from the SAW movie franchise, played by Costas Mandylor