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Italian place/surname, meaning 'of St. Mark' (the Evangelist).

St. Mark (San Marco) is the patron saint of Venice, and sometimes 'marciano' is used to mean 'person/thing from Venice'.

Pronounced 'marchano' ('cha' as in Charles), three syllables, stress on the second.

Never used as first name in Italy. The Italian version of Martin is Martino.

• This is a name. - Sara  Oct 12 2003, 2:50:24 PM
  • Re: This is a name. - vania  Oct 17 2003, 4:23:29 PM
  • Italian place/surname 'of St. Mark' - Alyn  Oct 13 2003, 1:50:22 PM
  • Re: This is a name. - genis  Oct 12 2003, 10:08:41 PM