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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Marko

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
dedicated to Mars

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marko

Pronunciation

m(a)-rko, mar-ko

More about the name

Marko is a masculine given name, a cognate of Mark. The male name Marko is a Roman personal name that comes from the Latin word "Marti-co-s" which is a derivative of Mars, the Roman god of war.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #1210, 138 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2056, 72 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202572
202486
202367
202262
202179
202080
201982
201881
201795
201694

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1056, 26 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1310, 21 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202521
202414
202320
202212
202114
202012
201926
201812
201715
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #944, 37 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2092, 12 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202312
202213
202117
202014
201916
201820
201716
201614
201529
201419

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #435, 8 births); most recent 2024 (rank #628, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20244
20234
20223
20214
2020–
20197
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #711, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #249, 14 births); most recent 2023 (rank #581, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20235
2022–
20216
2020–
20196
20186
20175
2016–
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence