Marquise

Variant of MARQUIS. Technically, marquise is the feminine form of the title marquis.

MARQUIS   male   African American
From a noble title which was derived from the Old French word marchis "march, borderland", which originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm.
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Marques, Marquis
FEMININE FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Marquita