Was Mark Twain the first person with the first name Mark, similar to Wendy from Peter Pan?
2007-07-30 09:29:14 · 10 answers · asked by buckbucknumber2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Wasn't there a Mark in the Bible? I'm pretty sure he came WAY before Mark Twain. And Mark Twain's real name wasn't Mark Twain...so he probably had heard of that name before...
2007-07-30 09:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, he was not the first person with the name Mark, but you are right about Wendy. Also, you're right about the idea that he was not using Mark Twain as a pseudonym simply for it's poetic value- it was a nautical term; to "mark twain." But no, there have been Marks for a while. Remember Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
2007-07-30 09:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English form of Marcus. Saint Mark the Evangelist is traditionally believed to be the author of the second Gospel (Gospel of Mark) and a companion of Peter. A famous Roman bearer of the name was Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), politician and general, also the lover of Cleopatra. In the Medieval tale "Tristan and Isolde", King Mark is the aged ruler of Cornwall to whom Isolde is brought as a bride by Tristan. His name though was presumably of Celtic origin, perhaps derived from the element march 'horse'. This was not a particularly common name in the Middle Ages but was more frequent use by the end of the 16th century.
2007-07-30 10:51:22 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He chose the name "Mark Twain" from the cry of riverboat captains indicating that the water was two fathoms deep.
The name "Mark" has existed since biblical (or Roman) times.
2007-07-30 09:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by John F 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Mark Twain was a pen name that he chose.
In his younger days, Samuel worked as a riverboat pilot. They checked the river's depth using either a rope with a weight or a pole. The man checking the depth would call out the 'mark' on the rope in fathoms (a fathom is six feet).
One fathom deep would be Mark One.
Two fathoms deep would be Mark Two.
More than six fathoms deep would be "Mark Twain", meaning deep enough for anything to go through.
2007-07-30 09:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by brewer_engineer 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Clemens. He just wrote under that pseudonym.
2007-07-30 10:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Tanner P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain's birth name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain is just his pen name.
2007-07-30 09:35:09 · answer #7 · answered by Kit K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
mark Twain's name was Samuel Clements
2007-07-30 09:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not even close
2007-07-30 11:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2014-12-04 14:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋