# Markku (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/markku/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Markku

- Markku Uusipaavalniemi, curler and politician
- Markku Kanerva, Finnish association football manager (born 1964)
- Markku Aro, Finnish singer
- Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (1956–2007)
- Markku Koski, Finnish snowboarder
- Markku Pusenius, Finnish ski jumper
- Markku Slawyk, field hockey player
- Markku Lehmuskallio, Finnish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter
- Markku Tuokko, Finnish throws athlete (1951-2015)
- Markku Pölönen, Finnish film director and screenwriter
- Markku Taskinen, Finnish runner
- Alexi Laiho, Finnish musician (1979–2020)

## 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.