Marcos

Where Marcos comes from

From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).
— Wiktionary's entry for Marcos
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Marcos Rojo born
    Argentine association football player
  3. 1995
    Marcos Llorente born
    Spanish association football player
  4. 1996
    Peak, #224
    1,350 babies named Marcos — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #454.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark.
Namesakes
  • Marcos Rojo · Argentine association football player, born 1990
  • Marcos Llorente · Spanish association football player, born 1995
  • Marcos Alonso Mendoza · Spanish association football player, born 1990
  • Marcos Acuña · Argentine association football player, born 1991
  • Marcos Paulo · Brazilian association football player, born 1977

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.