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Marquize
How to Pronounce Marquize
Pronounced mar-KEEZ /mɑrˈkiːz/Low
Meaning: Marquize is a spelling variant of Marquis or Marquise, taken from the French noble title marquis, a rank between count and duke, whose own root is a border march or frontier lordship. Used as a given name, especially in African American families in the late twentieth century, it carries connotations of nobility and distinction. The -ize spelling keeps the Marquis sound.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
Marquize respells Marquis, the French noble rank used as a first name for its air of nobility and distinction. The title traces to a border march or frontier command. Popular in African American naming, it appears here with a -ize ending that keeps the Marquis pronunciation. We trace it to that title rather than a separate root.
Marquize appeared in small numbers around the mid-nineteen-nineties, when Marquis and its spellings were in fashion, then faded. A boy named Marquize then would be around thirty today, marking it a nineties-era title name.
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What does the name Marquize mean?
It is a respelling of Marquis or Marquise, from the French noble title 'marquis.'
How do you pronounce Marquize?
It is said mar-KEEZ /mɑrˈkiːz/ - two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Marquize a boy or girl name?
Marquize is used as a boys' name.
How popular is Marquize?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-nineties, and never common.