Marcos
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark. From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Marcos (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 192 |
| 2000 | 201 |
| 2001 | 202 |
| 2002 | 213 |
| 2003 | 220 |
| 2004 | 218 |
| 2005 | 219 |
| 2006 | 226 |
| 2007 | 233 |
| 2008 | 236 |
| 2009 | 245 |
| 2010 | 248 |
| 2011 | 251 |
| 2012 | 257 |
| 2013 | 264 |
| 2014 | 268 |
| 2015 | 270 |
| 2016 | 272 |
| 2017 | 278 |
| 2018 | 290 |
| 2019 | 298 |
| 2020 | 305 |
Marcos in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marcos.Hi! My name is Marcos.
- Har du träffat Marcos? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Marcos? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Marcos i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Marcos this afternoon.
- Marcos mamma är lärare.Marcos's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marcos mamma is Marcos's mum. Because Marcos already ends in s, nothing is added.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Marcos
How do you pronounce Marcos in Swedish?
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What does the name Marcos mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Mark. From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).
How popular is Marcos in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Marcos in 2022. In 2020, 305 people in Sweden had Marcos as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.