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in reply to a message by Anneza
Is this the name of someone you met?
If I encountered it where I live, I would assume that it's a surname name, but it being a respelling of Marcus would be plausible, too. It's strange, but I don't really dislike it. It sounds like a name, although I don't particularly enjoy how it looks. It also shows up on here as a variant of Marquis, an old french name.
If I encountered it where I live, I would assume that it's a surname name, but it being a respelling of Marcus would be plausible, too. It's strange, but I don't really dislike it. It sounds like a name, although I don't particularly enjoy how it looks. It also shows up on here as a variant of Marquis, an old french name.
This message was edited 1/31/2025, 9:03 AM
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Haven't met Mr Marques! If I had, I'd have certainly asked him. He's in the newspapers for being a sportsman. We don't have a large Spanish or French population here, so their names tend to be somewhat distorted. I've heard the name Jacques pronounced like Jacks, for instance.
The Afrikaans community is a melting plot of predominantly Dutch, French and German origin, but there are prominent Spanish and Portuguese influences as well. Ferreira is a common "Afrikaans" surname for example.
Okay, that makes sense (:
There's a large Spanish speaking population where I live.
There's a large Spanish speaking population where I live.