Mark
A male given name from Latin.
Proper noun
- A male given name from Latin.
- "And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to...
- One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North...
- A surname.
- Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
- And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention...
- The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
Synonyms: Mar.
- A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).
Origin
From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
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- Abbreviation of Markarian.