Marc
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑɹk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marc is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Belgium it is the 22nd most common given name.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 206(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 436
- ESSpain1 in 658
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Marc itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #733 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 472 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 206 (inferred from the name graph)
1,135,541 named Mark, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled מרקוס in PL Poland, Marak in HU Hungary and Manik in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French form of Marcus, from Latin Mars, the Roman god of war.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
How Marc is read(measured from records)
Marc is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English49%
The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French27%
French form of Marcus, from Latin Mars, the Roman god of war.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
pomace, marc
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Du latin Marcus, probablement lié à Mars; fêté le 25 avril (saint Marc, évangéliste).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Du latin Marcus, probablement lié au dieu Mars.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- German8.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Marc in German.
- Spanish6.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Marc in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marc counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,135,541as Mark | 1 in 293 | 1.1M | Marc | 471 |
| PL Poland | #987 | 369,242as Marek | 1 in 104 | 374K | מרקוס | 16 |
| BD Bangladesh | #120 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | listed | Manik | 90 |
| FR France | #48 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 436 | 400K | Marc | 472 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 126,176as Marek | 1 in 85 | 126K | — | 1 |
| ES Spain | #138 | 76,001 | 1 in 658 | 76K | Marc | 228 |
| BE Belgium | #22 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 206 | 139 | Marc | 197 |
| HU Hungary | — | 36,328as Márk | 1 in 269 | 36K | Marak | 4 |
| GY Guyana | — | 3,539as Mark | 1 in 212 | 3.5K | — | 1 |
1,135,541 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling mark. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Marc is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
French form of Mark, now also quite popular in the English-speaking world. It was given some currency in England in the 1960s by the pop singer Marc Bolan.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marc Chagallb. 1887FRBelarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
- Mark Rothkob. 1903USnot in their usual nameAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
- Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourgb. 1921LUnot in their usual nameMonarch of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
- Marc Ravalomananab. 1949MGPresident of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboréb. 1957BFformer President of Burkina Faso ousted in a coup d'état on 23 Jan 2022
- Marc Macaulayb. 1957USAmerican actor
- Marc Shaimanb. 1959USAmerican composer and songwriter (born 1959)
- Marc Overmarsb. 1973NLDutch association football player (born 1973)
- Thibaut Courtoisb. 1992BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player (born 1992)
- Marc Cucurellab. 1998ESSpanish association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 119 sources across 62 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 238K | #335 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 125K | #450 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 76K | #124 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 73K | #58 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 675 | #601 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 629 | #600 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 174 | #450 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 162 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 140 | #1,128 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 79 | #515 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1952 | 70 | #748 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Marc come from?
- French form of Marcus, from Latin Mars, the Roman god of war. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Marc?
- In the etymology graph, Mark, Marcos and Marco are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Marc a male or female name?
- Marc is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Marc?
- In Spain, the national register counted 76,001 people named Marc, about 1 in 658 residents.
- How common is Marc compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Marc is the 22nd most common given name of 59,589 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Marc mean?
- In English, The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- In which country does Marc have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 million people named Mark, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Marc?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹk/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Marc?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marcThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marc” — the 22nd most common given name in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.