# Marcion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcion/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “marky”, “little mark”, “son of mark”, “-son: forming patronymics”, “forming adjectives”, “mars”, “god of war”, “forming desubstantival adjectives” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑrʃiən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Mārciōn, from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marky, little Mark, son of Mark”), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn, “-son: forming patronymics”), from Latin Mārcus, from Mārs + -cus (“forming adjectives”), from Old Latin Māvors (“Mars, god of war”) and Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“forming desubstantival adjectives”).

## What it means

Marcion is grouped under god and warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 13,349 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,846 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Маркион
- French: Marcion
- German: Marcion, Markion
- Italian: Marcione
- Latin: Mārciōn
- Spanish: Marción

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.