Marco

Where Marco comes from

From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).
— Wiktionary's entry for Marco
  • Romance
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1254
    Marco Polo born
    Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia
  2. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,589 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1964
    Marco van Basten born
    Dutch association football player and manager
  4. 1996
    Peak, #174
    1,923 babies named Marco — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #360.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark.
  • A male given name from Italian.
  • A male given name from Portuguese.
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Marco Polo · Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia, 1254–1324
  • Marco van Basten · Dutch association football player and manager, born 1964
  • Marco Reus · German association football player, born 1989
  • Marco Verratti · Italian association football player, born 1992
  • Marco Asensio · Spanish association football player, born 1996

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.