Baby name
Marek
/MAH · rek/
Meaning
“Polish”
Polish, Czech, and Slovak form of Mark, from the Latin Marcus meaning of Mars; the dominant form of Mark across Central Europe.
How it ages.
Solid Central European classic; peaked in the 1980s but remains entirely respectable.
The cultural moment.
Top 10 in Poland and Czech Republic through the 1980s; still common.