Comments for the name Marshall

A famous bearer of this name is Marshall Mathers (Eminem), b. 1972.

Word History: Hard-riding marshals of the Wild West in pursuit of criminals reemphasize the relationship of the word marshal with horses. The Germanic ancestor of our word marshal is a compound made up of *marhaz, "horse" (related to the source of our word mare), and *skalkaz, "servant," meaning as a whole literally "horse servant," hence "groom." The Frankish descendant of this Germanic word, *marahskalk, came to designate a high royal official and also a high military commander, not surprising given the importance of the horse in medieval warfare. Along with many other Frankish words, *marahskalk was borrowed into Old French by about 800; some centuries later, when the Normans established a French-speaking official class in England, the Old French word came with them. In English, marshal is first recorded in 1218, as a surname (still surviving in the spelling Marshall); its first appearance as a common noun was in 1258, in the sense "high officer of the royal court." The word was also applied to this high royal official's deputies, who were officers of courts of law, and it continued to designate various officials involved with courts of law and law enforcement, including the horseback-riding marshals we are familiar with in the United States. (From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company)

I love the name Marshall. It seems formal yet modern, and it portrays a boy as gentleman-like, even though it is Eminem's name. Yet that just makes the name cooler!

Thurgood Marshall was a United States Supreme Court Justice.

This name has grown on me. It is a nice gentle sounding name and not overused. Very masculine name too.

There's a store called Marshall's.

I love this name. Plain and simple. This is the best name ever and I think it is beautiful. Marshall is an amazing name! My most favorite boy name in the whole world.

The TV series Alias and How I Met Your Mother feature characters named Marshall, Marshall Flinkman and Marshall Eriksen, respectively.

What might attract some younger people to this name is the identical pronunciation with 'martial', but it does sound old-fashioned.

Marshall Adams the First is a character in the hilarious mockumentary series This is Dorm Life.

I love this name! This is Eminem's name, and he's awesome! I think this is a wonderful name. I would definitely name a son this.

Are you guys kidding me? It means "horse servant", and, I guess because I watch a lot of historical movies and such- I always picture a guy in livery uniform leading horses around. The word itself seems a little heavy on the consonants.

In the 2007 hit "August Rush," an Irish character by the name of Marshall O'Connelly (brother to Louis: played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is portrayed by Alex O'Loughlin.

Now I like Eminem as much as the next person but even he cannot really pull off this name. In his case it was already a family name (he's the third) and the man is going on 40. That just shows how very old-fashioned this name is.
For me, Marshall conjures up the image of an overweight 80 year old man who constantly laments about how much better everything was back in the day. I cannot picture this name on anyone under 65. It also makes me think of "Marsha" and marshmallow. So I'm definitely not a fan.