Marcus Vinitius is a main character in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel Quo Vadis.
– Soul 7/6/2005
Marcus Allen was a great football player for the Oakland Raiders.
– breakofday 12/9/2005
Dr. Marcus Brody is a character in the Indiana Jones films.
– Anonymous User 12/21/2005
Marcus is the the name of the boy in the Nick Hornby novel “About a Boy”, filmed in 2002.
– Anonymous User 12/21/2005
*Marcus* is a gorgeous name for any male. It has a pleasant sound and a rich history, and it works well for all ages. One of my top ten!
– Anonymous User 2/6/2006
To me, Marcus is someone who is a bit of a rebel but has a strong will and is noble. Mm, my kind of guy.
– hana 2/7/2006
The name is also known as “war like”.
– Lusafur6 2/17/2006
Marcus is the name of the first vampire in the “Underworld” movies.
– patchworkgirl 3/8/2006
Marcus Flint Was captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team. He was held back a year.
– harriettapotterlol 6/30/2006
Listen to the German pronunciation of Marcus here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.– _satu_ 10/24/2006
Marcus Flutie is a character in a book series by Megan McCafferty.
– Anonymous User 7/10/2007
I know several Marcuses and all of them but one were very violent children, more violent than your average boy. I don’t know if I believe that the name influences the behaviour, but there’s something fishy about Marcus. The meaning that I have heard for it, not surprisingly, is “he who beats”! Now they’re all teenagers though and I don’t see them often enough to know if they’ve grown out of beating people or not!
– Tango 8/6/2007
This is my spouse’s name. And indeed, he is WARLIKE! I would not advise this name unless you have an extremely forgiving heart and a lot of patience! You get what you order by choosing this name. =o)
– Anonymous User 10/3/2007
This is a very strong, classic name.
– Fionafabulous 11/14/2007
In Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, one of the three Volturi leaders is named Marcus. Not much is mentioned about him, execpt that he has the power to see relationships between people, and that he was married to Aro’s, another leader of the Volturi, sister, before Aro killed her beause he didn’t like the two of them together and Marcus was more useful to him in his search for power.
– magicalhannah7 11/6/2008
Just thought you would like to know that the names Mark and Marcus have both Hebrew and Greek origins.
Marcus is written this way in Greek:
ΜάρκοςMarcus is written this way in Hebrew:
מרקוסHitchcock’s Bible Dictionary gives the meaning of Mark and Marcus as:
polite; shiningSaint Mark the Evangelist (Hebrew: מרקוס; Greek: Μάρκος; 1st century), also known as John Mark, is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark and a companion of Saint Peter.
– Deborah Reyes 12/11/2008
Marcus Belby, a “thin and nervous-looking” Ravenclaw boy. A candidate for the Slug Club because his Uncle Damocles invented Wolfsbane potion in J.K. Rowling’s 6th novel Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.
– Jeana Bradbury 12/23/2008
For some odd reason, I have always disliked the name Marcus. I think it’s because of the way it sounds: too harsh and rough. It reminds me of a hoarse throat. The name itself seems a tad silly, like the word circus, or too brooding, like someone concentrating on something unpleasant. I don’t dislike the ending of Marcus, or the fact that it sounds old, just the annoyingly harsh sound of the name.
– Wilted 1/7/2009
What a great, strong name! This can easily grow with a person.
– emmiix3 4/6/2009
A great name! Strong and powerful.
– Elerrina 8/7/2009
Hiya! Marcus is a very common name in Sweden. I don’t know if it is necessary to mention in description but I wanted to tell you anyways.
I’m almost 100% certain that I’ve read in a book about Swedish names that Marcus/Markus means “protected by Mars”/”son of Mars”. Though I can’t say for sure so I will look it up later.
– E r u y o 10/22/2009
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