The mari Surname
mari Name Meaning and History
- Italian: patronymic from a short form of the medieval personal name Ademaro, Adimaro, derived from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + mari, meri ‘famous’. In southern Italy, it is more often from a short form of Amari, or a nickname from amaro, amaru, also maru ‘unlucky’.
- Italian: patronymic from the personal name Mario.
- Catalan (Marí): occupational name from marí ‘mariner’ or nickname for someone who lived by the sea.
- Hungarian: from the personal name Mári, a pet form of Márton (see Martin) or Márkus (see Mark), or of the female name Mária (see Maria).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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