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Across the world, Markis (Marquis
, Markis
, Markiz
) is a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name Markis is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Nigeria, and Canada. Also, Markis is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Marquis | Canada, Switzerland, France, United States, United Kingdom |
| Markis | Canada, France, Indonesia, United States, Germany |
| Markiz | Canada, Brazil, United States, Lebanon, Germany |
| Маркис | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
Markis is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marquis de Montauran , the Honoré de Balzac character, Les Chouans; Marquis St. Evrémonde , the Fictional character in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities; Marquis de Ronquerolles , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Major Marquis Warren , the character in the movie The Hateful 8, The Hateful Eight and Marquis de Carabas , the character of Puss in Boots, and in many other works.