Marek

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.

Marek (plural Mareks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marek is the 4420^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8042 individuals. Marek is most common among White (94.52%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.

• Merak, Keram, Maker, maker, kerma, Kemar, marke

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarɛk]

Marek m anim

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark

Marek m anim (female equivalent Marková)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

• → Estonian: Marek
• → Latvian: Mareks

From Czech and Polish Marek. Variant of Markus (“Mark”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrek/

Marek

1. a male given name

• Popular in Estonia in the 1970s. Compare Latvian Mareks.

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārcus. By surface analysis, Mars +‎ -ek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rɛk/

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• Rhymes: -arɛk
• Syllabification: Ma‧rek
• Homophone: marek

Marek m pers (diminutive Mareczek)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark

   Miał na imię Marek i był Kaszubem. ― His name was Marek and he was Kashubian.

Marek m pers or f

1. a male surname
2. a female surname

Masculine given name or surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

• → Estonian: Marek
• → Latvian: Mareks

• Marek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Marek”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

• IPA^(key): /marek/, [ˈmarek]
• Rhymes: -arek
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rek

Marek m pers

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark
2. a surname
3. (religion) Mark

• “Marek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026