Marquavious

Meaning of Marquavious

Marquavious, pronounced mar-KWAY-vee-uhs (/mɑrˈkweɪviəs/), constitutes a modern masculine appellation within Anglo-American usage, deriving from an inventive adaptation of the French term “marquis,” which ultimately traces to the Latin Marcus and thus carries an etymological linkage to martial dedication to Mars. Analysis of United States Social Security Administration records demonstrates the name’s persistent rarity: annual occurrences have varied between six and fifty-eight newborn registrations from 1988 through 2024, with corresponding SSA rankings oscillating from a relative apex at 722nd in 1988 to a nadir at 934th in 2022, and most recently occupying the 916th rank in 2024 for eight instances. The morphological integration of the suffix -vious exemplifies contemporary technical affixation practices in American onomastics, reflecting a broader cultural predilection for lexical innovation and individualized identity construction within Anglophone naming conventions.

Pronunciation

American English

  • Pronunced as mar-KWAY-vee-uhs (/mɑrˈkweɪviəs/)

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