Marco (given name)
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| Pronunciation | Italian: [ˈmarko] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Italy |
| Name day | April 25 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin: Marcus, Etruscan: Maris, German: marah[1] |
| Meaning | "Warlike, Warring, Mars, Roman God of War" |
| Region of origin | Italy |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Marc (French), Marcas (Irish), Marcos (Portuguese, Spanish), Marcu (Romanian), Marek (West Slavic), Mark (English), Márk (Hungarian), Markku (Finnish), Marko (South Slavic), Markos (Greek), Markus, Mark[1] (German, Scandinavian), Martin |
| See also | Marcello |
Marco is an Italian masculine given name of Etruscan[2] and Latin origin, derived from Marcus. It derives from the Roman god Mars.
A–L
[edit]- Marco Alcaraz, Filipino actor, model, and former varsity basketball player
- Marco Alessandrini, Italian politician
- Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
- Marco Amenta, Italian director and producer
- Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer
- Marco Andretti, American racing driver
- Marco Arment, American web developer
- Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
- Marco Avellaneda (1813–1841), Argentine politician
- Marco Ballini, professional footballer in Thailand
- Marco Banderas (born 1967), Spanish singer, actor
- Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexican boxer
- Marco Antonio Barrero, Bolivian footballer
- Marco van Basten (born 1964), Dutch footballer
- Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
- Marco Berger, Argentine film director
- Marco Biagianti, Italian footballer
- Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
- Marco Borgnino, Argentine footballer
- Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
- Marco Borsato, Dutch singer
- Marco Brambilla, Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker
- Marco Calliari, Canadian singer
- Marco Antonio Caponi, Argentine actor
- Marco Cárdenas, Venezuelan engraver
- Marco Casambre, Filipino professional footballer
- Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
- Marco Castro (born 1976), Peruvian-American film director, actor
- Marco Cheung (born 1999), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
- Marco D'Amore, Italian actor
- Marco Dapper, American actor and model
- Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
- Marco Denevi, Argentine writer
- Marco Di Cesare, Argentine footballer
- Marco Di Vaio, Italian footballer
- Marco Donnarumma, Italian artist
- Marco Feingold, Austrian holocaust survivor, Salzburg Jewish community president, and centenarian
- Marco Ferradini, Italian pop-rock singer
- Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player
- Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, Mexican diplomat
- Marco Giampaolo, Italian football coach
- Marco Gonzales, American baseball player
- Marco Grazzini, Canadian actor
- Marco Gumabao, Filipino actor, model, and athlete
- Marco Hangl, Swiss alpine skier
- Marco Hietala, Finnish bassist and singer
- Marco Höger, German footballer
- Marco Iacobellis, Argentine footballer
- Marco Ilsø (born 1994), Danish actor
- Marco Ip, Hong Kong singer
- Marco Jaggi, Swiss wrestler known as Ares
- Marco Khan, Iranian actor
- Marco Kreuzpaintner, German film director and screenwriter
- Marco Kurz, German football manager
- Marco Kwok, Hong Kong former professional cyclist
- Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
M–Z
[edit]- Marco Mak, Hong Kong film director, film editor, production manager, actor, screenwriter, film producer, music composer and assistant director
- Marco Marzocca, Italian actor and comedian
- Marco Masa, Filipino former child/current teen actor
- Marco Masini, Italian pop singer
- Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
- Marco Antonio Mazzini, Peruvian clarinetist
- Marco Melandri, Italian motorcycle racer
- Marco Mengoni, Italian pop singer
- Marco Micone, Italian-Canadian playwright and journalist
- Marco Minnemann, German drummer
- Marco Misciagna, Italian violist and violinist
- Marco Morales, television and film actor in the Philippines
- Marco Morales (American football), US American football player
- Marco Motta, Italian footballer
- Marco Ngai (born 1967), actor in Hong Kong
- Marco Pantani, Italian road racing cyclist
- Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor
- Marco Pappa, Guatemalan footballer
- Marco Parolo, Italian footballer
- Marco Pastors, Dutch politician
- Marco Pellegrino, Argentine footballer
- Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor
- Marco Piqué, Surinamese-Dutch welterweight kickboxer
- Marco Antonio Pogioli, Brazilian footballer
- Marco Polo (1254–1324), Venetian trader and explorer
- Marco Reus, German footballer
- Marco Rojas, New Zealand footballer
- Marco Rosa, Canadian ice hockey player
- Marco Rossi (ice hockey) (born 2001), Austrian ice hockey player
- Marco Ruben, Argentine footballer
- Marco Rubio, Cuban-American senator from Florida
- Marco Antonio Rubio, Mexican boxer
- Marco Ruffo, Italian architect
- Marco Scacchi, Italian composer
- Marco Scutaro, baseball player
- Marco Siffredi, French snowboarder and mountaineer
- Marco Silva, Portuguese football manager and former player
- Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer
- Marco Simone, Italian footballer
- Marco Sison, Filipino singer, actor, and politician
- Marco Solari (c. 1355–1405), Italian architect and engineer
- Marco Antonio Solís, Mexican singer
- Marco Storari, Italian footballer
- Marco Streller, Swiss footballer
- Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer
- Marco Thomas (born 1983), American football player
- Marco Torsiglieri, Argentine footballer
- Marco Trungelliti, Argentine tennis player
- Marco Van Hees (born 1964), Belgian politician
- Marco Venegas (born 1962), Swedish politician
- Marco Verratti (born 1992), Italian footballer
- Marco Völler (born 1989), German basketball player
- Marco Wegener (born 1995), Hong Kong professional footballer
- Marco Werner (born 1966), winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 and 2006
- Marco Pierre White (born 1961), English chef
- Marco Wilson (born 1999), American football player
- Marco Zoppo, Italian painter
Fictional
[edit]- Marco, a character in the manga/anime One Piece
- Marco (Shaman King), a character of Shaman King manga and anime
- Marco, a character from the science fantasy book series Animorphs
- Marco, a mentioned brother of Lance from the DreamWorks animated web show Voltron: Legendary Defender
- Marco, the main protagonist of the 2005 Marcanese computer-animated film Marco.
- Marco Alessi, a character from the Neighbours
- Marco Alisdair, a character from Erin Morgenstern's novel, The Night Circus
- Marco Axelbender, a character in the movie Cars
- Marco Bodt, a character in the anime/manga Attack on Titan
- Marco Cabrera, a character in the Philippine drama series FPJ's Ang Probinsyano
- Marco Del Rossi, a character from the Degrassi: The Next Generation series
- Marco Diaz, a character from the Disney animated TV series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Marco Pagot, the main protagonist in Porco Rosso
- Marco Pasternak, a character in the TV series Better Call Saul
- Marco Ripple, minor character in the Pixar movie Elemental
- Marco Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a character in the animated television series Sealab 2021
- Marco Rodriguez, a character in Fear the Walking Dead, played by actor Alejandro Edda
- Marco Rossi (Metal Slug), a protagonist of the Metal Slug series
- Marco Salamanca, a character in the TV series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
- Marco Super FAV18, a character in the movie Cars
- Marcello "Marco" Tavelli, is a main character from the Disney Channel telenovela series, Violetta
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Förstemann, coll. 912, 913[incomplete short citation]
- ^ Pallotino, pp. 29, 30; Hendrik Wagenvoort, "The Origin of the Ludi Saeculares" in Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion (Brill, 1956), p. 219 et passim; John F. Hall III, "The Saeculum Novum of Augustus and its Etruscan Antecedents", Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16.3 (1986), p. 2574.
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