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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval French
Other Forms FormsMarcou, Marcouf, Marcoufe, Marcoule, Marcoulf, Marcoulfe, Marcoulph, Marcoulphe, Marcoult, Marcouph, Marcouphe, Marcu, Marcuf, Marcufe, Marcul, Marculfe, Marculph, Marculphe, Marcult, Marcuph, Marcuphe
Meaning & History
Variant form of Marcoulf, which is the original French form of Marculf. Also compare the similar-looking name Marcule.This given name is no longer in use in France, but it still survives there as a patronymic surname (albeit barely, as the surname is extremely rare there nowadays).Last but not least, Marcoul is one of the names by which the 6th-century Frankish missionary and saint Marculf is known in France.