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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 |
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Marquis | United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States, France, Canada |
Markis | United States, France, Indonesia, Canada, Germany |
Markiz | Lebanon, Brazil, United States, Canada, Germany |
Маркис | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
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.