Markas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAR-kas
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Markas is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Markas mean?
Latin: Lithuanian form of Mark
“dedicated to Mars”
Lithuanian form of Mark, from the Roman name Marcus.
Is Markas a girl's or a boy's name?
Markas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Markas, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Markas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 253 boys in the UK were given Markas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #228, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Markas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 39 | #878 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
Names like Markas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Lucas, Musa, Vinnie, Austin, Mustafa, Malik, Syed, Anas, Magnus, Yahya, Mason
Other spellings of Markas
Names related to Markas
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Markas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markas, updated 20 October 2026.