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mari Name Meaning and History

  1. 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’.
  2. Italian: patronymic from the personal name Mario.
  3. Catalan (Marí): occupational name from marí ‘mariner’ or nickname for someone who lived by the sea.
  4. 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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Distribution of mari Families in the US in 1920
Number of mari families
 17-32
 6-16		 1-5
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Threads: 13 - Messages: 74
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Nobody''s looking for Mari''s? Kitty Stimson 32
Mari family David Mari 4
Mari, Vincent>Brooklyn, NY lonpal 1
Children of Michael Mari/Elisabetha Schmitt, Roeschwoog @@BARBARA_BOYLE@admin.rockyriver.k12.oh.us 0
Mari of Roeschwoog, Alsace @@BARBARA_BOYLE@admin.rockyriver.k12.oh.us 0
The Mari surname Eric Mari 16
My grandfather is Juan Mari. Gerald_Mari 6
LOOKING FOR MARI'S FROM SANTA MARIA L'AQUILA, ITALY MJ MARI 0
Looking for my friend's mom JoseRizal001 0
looking for Mari any Mari normamari 0
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