The mare Surname
mare Name Meaning and History
- French and English: topographic name from mare ‘pond’, ‘pool’, or a habitational name from one of the places in Normandy called La Mare (see Delamar).
- Italian and Spanish: topographic name for someone living by the sea, from Latin mare ‘sea’.
- Dutch (de Mare): nickname from the Germanic word mari, meri ‘famous’, ‘renowned’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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