Marko

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English

Etymology 1

From Mark +‎ -o.

Proper noun

Marko (plural Markos)

  1. Nickname for Mark.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Marko (plural Markos)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Mark

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Marko

  1. a male given name, variant of Markus (Mark)

Finnish

Etymology

20th century variant of Markku and Markus, borrowed from Slavic Marko and Italian Marco.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marko

  1. a male given name
    • 1990, Harri Tapper, Näin syntyvät revontulet, Gummerus, published 2003, →ISBN, page 109:
      Markohan oli prinssi.
      Äiti rupesi selostamaan meille niin, että Vihtori oli kerran lukenut ääneen kirjaa. Se kertoi kaukaisesta maasta, Italiasta. Italiassa asui kuningas ja hänellä oli Marko-niminen poika. Kuninkaan poikaa kutsutaan prinssiksi. Koska prinssi oli oikeudenmukainen ja suora mies, niin me päätimme, että kastetaan oma poika Markoksi. Miksi ei kastettaisi?
      —Markko, se muuten on.
      Marko.
      —Perkele, kun minä en saa lapsilleni niitä nimiä, mitä tarkoitan. Rovasti tunsi nimen Markku, mikä on samaa juurta kuin evankelista Markus ja kaikkialla maailmassa hyvin tunnettu ja sen tähden rovasti kirjoitti kirjaan että Markko, kun onhan niin, että ruotsikielessä oo lausutaan uuksi, ja sillä tavoin rovasti sai tahtonsa läpitse. Eikö ollutkin itsepintainen rovasti. Mitä arvelette?
      Marko was a prince after all.
      Mother started explaining to us that Vihtori had once read a book out loud. It was about the distant land of Italy, in which there lived a king with a son named Marko. The son of a king is called a prince. The prince was a just and honest man, so we decided to christen our own son Marko. Why wouldn't we?
      —He's Markko, by the way.
      Marko.
      —God damn, I just can't get the names for my children that I'm trying to. The provost knew the name Markku, of the same origin as the Mark who wrote the gospel, and well known around the world, and so the provost wrote Markko in the book, since in Swedish o's are pronounced as u's, and so the provost got what he wanted. What a stubborn provost, don't you think?
    • 2002, Eeva Ahtisaari, Juuret ja siivet, WSOY, →ISBN, page 68:
      Maatessani vuoteessa keskityin miettimään vauvalle nimeä. Tein sen hyvin huolellisesti. Minua miellytti suomalainen Markku, mutta ystävämme Juha Sipilä oli heittänyt ohimennen Martille, että entäs Marko. "Sehän sopisi sinunlaisesi maailmanmatkaajan pojalle, viittaisi sopivasti Marco Poloon."
      Niin me päädyimme Markoon.
      As I lay in bed, I pondered a name for the baby. I did so very meticulously. The FInnihs name Markku pleased me, but our friend Juha Sipilä had quipped Martti that we should name him Marko. "That'd suit the son of a globetrotter like you, a nice reference to Marco Polo after all."
      So we ended up naming him Marko.

Usage notes

  • Popular in Finland in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Declension

Inflection of Marko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Marko Markot
genitive Markon Markojen
partitive Markoa Markoja
illative Markoon Markoihin
singular plural
nominative Marko Markot
accusative nom. Marko Markot
gen. Markon
genitive Markon Markojen
partitive Markoa Markoja
inessive Markossa Markoissa
elative Markosta Markoista
illative Markoon Markoihin
adessive Markolla Markoilla
ablative Markolta Markoilta
allative Markolle Markoille
essive Markona Markoina
translative Markoksi Markoiksi
abessive Markotta Markoitta
instructive Markoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Marko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Markoni Markoni
accusative nom. Markoni Markoni
gen. Markoni
genitive Markoni Markojeni
partitive Markoani Markojani
inessive Markossani Markoissani
elative Markostani Markoistani
illative Markooni Markoihini
adessive Markollani Markoillani
ablative Markoltani Markoiltani
allative Markolleni Markoilleni
essive Markonani Markoinani
translative Markokseni Markoikseni
abessive Markottani Markoittani
instructive
comitative Markoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Markosi Markosi
accusative nom. Markosi Markosi
gen. Markosi
genitive Markosi Markojesi
partitive Markoasi Markojasi
inessive Markossasi Markoissasi
elative Markostasi Markoistasi
illative Markoosi Markoihisi
adessive Markollasi Markoillasi
ablative Markoltasi Markoiltasi
allative Markollesi Markoillesi
essive Markonasi Markoinasi
translative Markoksesi Markoiksesi
abessive Markottasi Markoittasi
instructive
comitative Markoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Markomme Markomme
accusative nom. Markomme Markomme
gen. Markomme
genitive Markomme Markojemme
partitive Markoamme Markojamme
inessive Markossamme Markoissamme
elative Markostamme Markoistamme
illative Markoomme Markoihimme
adessive Markollamme Markoillamme
ablative Markoltamme Markoiltamme
allative Markollemme Markoillemme
essive Markonamme Markoinamme
translative Markoksemme Markoiksemme
abessive Markottamme Markoittamme
instructive
comitative Markoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Markonne Markonne
accusative nom. Markonne Markonne
gen. Markonne
genitive Markonne Markojenne
partitive Markoanne Markojanne
inessive Markossanne Markoissanne
elative Markostanne Markoistanne
illative Markoonne Markoihinne
adessive Markollanne Markoillanne
ablative Markoltanne Markoiltanne
allative Markollenne Markoillenne
essive Markonanne Markoinanne
translative Markoksenne Markoiksenne
abessive Markottanne Markoittanne
instructive
comitative Markoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Statistics

  • Marko is the 19th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 24,987 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,418 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

German

Proper noun

Marko

  1. a male given name, variant of Marco

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

Márko

  1. genitive singular of Márkas (Mark)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mȃrko m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑рко)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark

Slovak

Proper noun

Marko m pers

  1. a male given name
  2. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Marko”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Márko m anim

  1. a male given name

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Márko
genitive Márka
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Márko
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Márka
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Márku
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Márka
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Márku
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Márkom

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Mark.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Proper noun

Marko

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark
  2. (biblical) Mark (book of the New Testament)

See also