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Mark

in California

There are 112,251 people with the first name "Mark" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Mark 15
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  1. is 11th most common Patricia
  2. is 12th most common Linda
  3. is 13th most common Thomas
  4. is 14th most common Daniel
  5. is 15th most common Mark
  6. is 16th most common Susan
  7. is 17th most common Barbara
  8. is 18th most common Joseph
  9. is 19th most common Paul

Similar Names and Nicknames

Marc, Marcus, Markus, Marcis, Mar

Most Common Last Names for Mark

Smith, Johnson, Miller, Williams, Anderson, Davis, Brown, Wilson, Jones, Taylor

Meaning & History

(male) From the Latin name Marcus, borne by the Evangelist, author of the second gospel in the New Testament, and by several other early and medieval saints. In Arthurian legend, King Mark is the aged ruler of Cornwall to whom Isolde is brought as a bride by Tristan; his name was presumably of Celtic origin, perhaps derived from the element march ‘horse’. This was not a particularly common name in the Middle Ages but was in more frequent use by the end of the 16th century.

Cognates: Irish and Scottish Gaelic: Marcas. German, Dutch: Markus. French: Marc. Spanish: Marco, Marcos. Portuguese: Marcos. Italian: Marco. Russian: Mark. Polish, Czech: Marek. Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian: Marko. Finnish: Markku. Hungarian: Márk.

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