Markus

Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Danish
Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Marcus ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Related Names

See Marcus

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Markuksenpoika
Markusarson
Markusen
Markuson
Markussen
Markusson
Markussøn
Markusøn

Female

Markuksentytär
Markusardóttir
Markusdatter
Markusdotter
Markusdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Markus
Genitive:	Markus'

- Faroese
Nominative:	Markus
Accusative:	Markus
Dative:	Markusi
Genitive:	Markusar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Markus
Genitive:	Markuksen
Partitive:	Markusta

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Markus
Genitive:	Markus'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Markus
Genitive:	Markus' / Markus

Name Days

Faroe Islands

25 April

Finland Finland

25 April

Norway Norway

25 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

25 April

Sweden Sweden

25 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark: 12th century ^[5]
Norway: 12th century ^[3]

Strongest Period of Usage

Denmark:
- -1920 ^[5]
- 1985- ^[5]
Norway:
- early 20th century ^[6]
- 1990- ^[6]
Sweden:
- 1980- ^[4]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Southern Troms (Ibestad, 19th century) ^[3]
Denmark: Bornholm ^[5]

Trivia

Markus is an IKEA product name (swivel chair) ^[7]

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country	Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[8]	1	7	12997	18591
Norway^[9]	0	n.a.	7756	n.a.
Denmark^[10]	0	n.a.	2752	n.a.
Finland^[11]	0	0	n.a.	47753
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Markus(m) Sources: ^[8]^[10]^[9]^[11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Markus(m) Sources: ^[12]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Markus(m)

Sources: ^[8] ^[10] ^[9] ^[11]

References

↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dah-1] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[ott-2] Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[alh-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[ik16-7] IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/

[scb.se-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[ssb.no-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[dst.dk-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[12] tails see Name Statistic tables

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