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13-534: (Redirected from Markus ) Marcus , Markus , Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: Marcus (name) , a masculine given name Marcus (praenomen) , a Roman personal name Places [ edit ] Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 Mărcuş, a village in Dobârlău Commune, Covasna County, Romania Marcus, Illinois , an unincorporated community, United States Marcus, Iowa ,

26-403: A US Navy destroyer (1919–1935) See also [ edit ] Marcos (disambiguation) Marques (disambiguation) Neiman Marcus , American retail department store Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marcus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

39-795: A city, United States Marcus, South Dakota , an unincorporated community, United States Marcus, Washington , a town, United States Marcus Island , Japan, also known as Minami-Tori-shima Mărcuș River , Romania Marcus Township, Cherokee County, Iowa , United States Other uses [ edit ] Markus, a beetle genus in family Cantharidae Marcus (album) , 2008 album by Marcus Miller Marcus (comedian) , finalist on Last Comic Standing season 6 Marcus Amphitheater , Milwaukee, Wisconsin Marcus Center , Milwaukee, Wisconsin Marcus & Co. , American jewelry retailer Marcus by Goldman Sachs , an online bank USS Marcus ,

52-434: A landowner, or living in an area might adopt the same crest, especially when landowners had to provide troops to their nation or king for battle. Scottish clans and tartans served as family or area identifiers. Of note, some Asian countries list family name first, most adapt to given plus family standard when abroad. Whereas, some Latino countries add mother's family name at the end. This onomastics -related article

65-510: The 1960s. Marcus developed as a patronymic or toponymic surname in Italy, southern France, and Spain around 1000 A.D., attributable to religious monasteries and sanctuaries named Sanctus Marcus (or its many variants). The surname was used as an identifier for the area of origin. The first historical record of the surname was in the year 1390 in Biberach an der Riß , Germany. People with

78-513: The Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name. Last names were ‘normalized’ and became more standardized with the advent of mass literacy, paper availability and documentation, and mobility. For example, passports vs early letters of introduction for travel. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of

91-734: The Netherlands. It is also popular in English language countries, although less common than the shortened variation ' Mark ', associated with the Gospel writer Mark the Evangelist . There are other variants. Marcus ranks in the top 100 most popular boy names in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, Sweden, and Wales since the 1990s, as well as the top 200 most popular boy names in the US since

104-406: The continental Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, where hereditary family names came into widespread use for the general population during the course of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century, ultimately as a consequence of legislation. As the outcome of this, a large majority of Scandinavian family names originated as the patronymics borne by the heads of family at

117-556: The historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Morgan (Llywelyn son of Gruffydd son of Morgan), and which gave rise to the quip, "as long as a Welshman's pedigree." As an example of Anglicization, the name Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was turned into Llywelyn Gruffydds; i.e., the "ap" meaning "son of" was replaced by the genitive suffix "-s", but there are other cases like "ab Evan" being turned into "Bevan". Some Welsh surnames, such as John or Howell , did not acquire

130-580: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcus&oldid=1243804528 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Marcus (name) The name is popular in Europe, particularly in Sweden, Norway, Italy and Germany, and increasingly, in

143-478: The name Marcus or its variants include: In art and literature In television and film In music In fictional characters In Ancient Rome In politics Patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor . Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of

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156-936: The suffix "-s." In some other cases, the suffix was affixed to the surname much later, in the 18th or 19th century. Likewise, in some cases, the "ap" coalesced into the name in some form, as in Broderick (ab Rhydderch), Price (ap Rhys) and Upjohn (ap John). Similarly, last names or surnames were not set in Russia, but patronymic and based on a father's first name. Peter's children might be Jan and Roman Petrovich. Peter's grand children could be Aleksandr Janowicz and Ivan Romanowicz/ Romanovich. Peter's great grandchildren could be Nicolai Aleksandrovich and Dmitri Ivanovich. Nearly all Icelandic surnames are strictly patronymic, or in some cases matronymic , as Icelandic society generally does not make use of hereditary family names. A similar situation could, until relatively recently, be found in

169-456: The times when these laws came into effect, and these surnames mostly display a limited variety reflecting the popularity of male given names during the 18th and 19th centuries in those countries. Most Mauritanian surnames are also patronymic, with names consisting of " Ould " or "Mint" followed by the ancestor's name or names. Heraldry, like early pictographs, logos or icons, also helped designate families across much of Europe. People working for

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