Markos Family History
Markos Name Meaning
Greek: from the personal name Markos (see Mark ) or a shortened form of any of various derivatives of this name e.g. the patronymics Markakis and Markopoulos or of composite names such as Markantonakis ‘son of Mark Anthony’. Compare Marcos . Hungarian: variant of Márkus (see Markus ). Hungarian: possibly a nickname from markos ‘strong’ (from marok ‘palm of the hand’ markol ‘to grip’). Serbian Croatian and Slovak (Markoš): from a pet form of the personal name Marko (see Mark ). In part it is of Hungarian origin (see 2 above). Arabic: from Marqus Arabic form of the name of the apostle Mark . Bearers of this surname are Christians. Compare Markus 4 and Morkos . Ethiopian: from the personal name Markos Ethiopian form of Mark . — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022