Markis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-KEES
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Markis is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lord of a borderland”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Markis mean?
Germanic: respelling of Marquis, a French noble title from Frankish marka 'border'
“lord of a borderland”
A respelling of Marquis, a French noble title for a lord guarding a border territory, or march.
Is Markis a girl's or a boy's name?
Markis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Markis, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Markis in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Markis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Markis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Markis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luis, Malik, Lucas, Marcus, Liam, Muhammad, Miles, Idris, Amir, Moises, Sawyer, Musa
Other spellings of Markis
Names related to Markis
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Alice, Myles
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, “Markis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markis, updated 20 October 2026.