Markise
Boy · mar-KEES · Germanic
Markise is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lord of a borderland”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Markise mean?
Germanic: respelling of Marquise, feminine of Marquis, a French title from Frankish marka 'border'
“lord of a borderland”
A respelling of Marquise, the French title for a marquis's wife, also used as a male name in the US.
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Is Markise a girl's or a boy's name?
Markise is a boys' name.
How popular is Markise in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Markise in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Markise in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
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