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Markeise

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-KEES
Origin
Modern

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

Where does Markeise come from?

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

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

Markeise is a boys' name.

How popular is Markeise in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the boys named Markeise in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 12 in 19962021
Markeise in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20216#10,794
20200–
20196#10,797
20180–
20170–
20165#12,180
20150–
20145#12,102
20130–
20126#10,763
20110–
20106#10,759
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
20075#12,361
20060–
20050–
20045#11,348
20038#7,824
20028#7,636
20015#10,548
20006#9,104
19995#9,905
19985#9,623
19976#8,104
199612#4,871
199510#5,495
19946#7,764
199311#4,995
19925#8,426
19917#6,511
19907#6,408
19890–
19886#6,420

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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, “Markeise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markeise, updated 20 October 2026.