Marc

Where Marc comes from

Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marc
  • French
Along the way
  1. 1887
    Marc Chagall born
    Belarusian-French artist
  2. 1901
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #60
    5,009 babies named Marc — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #107.
  5. 1998
    Marc Hagit Cucurella born
    Spanish association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.
Namesakes
  • Marc Chagall · Belarusian-French artist, 1887–1985
  • Marc Hagit Cucurella · Spanish association football player, born 1998
  • Marc Overmars · Dutch association football player, born 1973
  • Marc Márquez · Spanish motorcycle racer, born 1993
  • Marc Ravalomanana · President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.