65%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage African American Pronounced Pron. mahr-KEE(English) MAHR-kwəs(English) mahr-KEES(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From a noble title that derives from the Old French word marche meaning "march, borderland". The title originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsMarques, MarquiseFeminine FormMarquita PopularityDetails Last ranked #956 in 2019 United States Categories currently out of the US top 1000, English nouns, English titles, French words, Hamilton characters, insects, isograms, noble titles, word names