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Markeis

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-KEES
Origin
Modern

Markeis is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Markeis come from?

Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a respelling of Marquis or built on Mark

Is Markeis a girl's or a boy's name?

Markeis is a boys' name.

How popular is Markeis in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the boys named Markeis in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 14 in 20052022
Markeis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#12,322
20210–
20206#10,599
20195#12,138
20180–
20175#12,241
20160–
20150–
20145#12,102
20139#8,113
20120–
20116#10,801
20107#9,686
200911#7,231
20089#8,319
20079#8,169
200612#6,455
200514#5,572
200410#6,970
200311#6,251
20027#8,449
200112#5,660
200010#6,309
199913#5,029
199811#5,460
19977#7,275
19967#7,129
199513#4,502
19949#5,862
19939#5,764
199210#5,228
19917#6,511
19908#5,816
19895#7,898
19885#7,264
19879#4,567
19866#5,920
19857#5,142
19847#4,969
19830–
19820–
19815#6,260
19805#6,248
19790–
19780–
19770–
19766#4,933

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Markeis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markeis, updated 20 October 2026.