Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Warlike; hammer; defender Boy name variations Mark Marek Marc Marcus Markus Marcel Marceau Marque Marco Marko Marus Markos Marx March Marius Marquette Marquis Marky Markie Marilo Markis Family name origins & meanings English and Dutch : patronymic from Mark 1.English : variant of Mark 2.German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : reduced form of Markus, German spelling of Marcus (see Mark 1).