Marek

See also: marek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.

Proper noun

Marek (plural Mareks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarɛk]

Proper noun

Marek m anim

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

Declension

Declension of Marek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Marek	Markové
genitive	Marka	Marků
dative	Markovi, Marku	Markům
accusative	Marka	Marky
vocative	Marku	Markové
locative	Markovi, Marku	Marcích
instrumental	Markem	Marky

Descendants

• → Estonian: Marek
• → Latvian: Mareks

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrek/

Proper noun

Marek

1. a male given name

Usage notes

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

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rɛk/

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

Proper noun

Marek m pers (diminutive Mareczek)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Mark

Proper noun

Marek m pers or f

1. a male surname
2. a female surname

Declension

Masculine given name or surname:

Declension of Marek

	singular	plural
nominative	Marek	Markowie
genitive	Marka	Marków
dative	Markowi	Markom
accusative	Marka	Marków
instrumental	Markiem	Markami
locative	Marku	Markach
vocative	Marku	Markowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Descendants

• → Estonian: Marek
• → Latvian: Mareks

Further reading

• Marek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarek]

Proper noun

Marek m anim (genitive singular Marka, nominative plural Markovia, declension pattern of chlap)

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

Declension

Declension of Marek

	singular	plural
nominative	Marek	Markovia
genitive	Marka	Markov
dative	Markovi	Markom
accusative	Marka	Markov
locative	Markovi	Markoch
instrumental	Markom	Markami

Further reading

• “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, 2024