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Markees
How to Pronounce Markees
Pronounced mar-KEES /mɑrˈkiːs/Low
Meaning: Markees is a phonetic American respelling of Marquis, which comes from the French noble title marquis, a rank below a duke. The word itself goes back to marche, a border territory, so a marquis was originally a lord charged with guarding the frontier; the name carries that sense of standing and command.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Markees is a spelled-by-sound form of Marquis, a name that entered wide American use as parents borrowed aristocratic titles as first names. Writing it Markees keeps the pronunciation plain while nodding to the same idea of rank and dignity.
It appears in United States records from the early nineteen-eighties and reached its small peak around the start of the nineteen-nineties before fading, never common. A man named Markees from that peak is now in his mid-thirties, part of the title-name trend of that era.
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What does the name Markees mean?
It is a modern respelling of Marquis, from the French title marquis, a nobleman ranking below a duke and originally a lord of the border marches.
How do you pronounce Markees?
It is said mar-KEES /mɑrˈkiːs/.
Is Markees a boy or girl name?
Markees is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Markees?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys even at its peak around the start of the nineteen-nineties.