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View Name: Marco


MARCO
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
PRONOUNCED: MAHR-ko (Italian, Spanish)   [key]
Meaning & History
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK. During the Middle Ages this name was common in Venice, where Saint Mark was supposedly buried. A famous bearer was the Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who travelled across Asia to China in the 13th century.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Marcos (Spanish), Marcos (Portuguese)
DIMINUTIVE: Marquinhos (Portuguese)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Marcellinus, Marcellus, Marcius, Marcus (Ancient Roman), Marko, Martzel (Basque), Mark (Biblical), Markos (Biblical Greek), Marcus (Biblical Latin), Marko (Bulgarian), Marc, Marcel (Catalan), Margh (Cornish), Marko (Croatian), Marcel, Marek (Czech), Mark (Dutch), Marcus, Mark (English), Markku, Marko, Markus (Finnish), Marc, Marcel (French), Marcel, Marcellus, Markus, Marcell, Marzell (German), Maleko (Hawaiian), Marcell, Márk (Hungarian), Marcas (Irish), Marko (Macedonian), Marcel, Marceli, Marek (Polish), Marcel (Romanian), Mark (Russian), Marcus, Mark, Markus (Scandinavian), Marcas (Scottish), Marko (Serbian), Marcel, Marek (Slovak), Marko (Slovene), Marko (Ukrainian), Marc (Welsh)
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