The mattern Surname
mattern Name Meaning and History
- German (especially Silesia) and Dutch: from the medieval personal name Matern, a derivative of the Roman personal name Maternus (from Latin mater ‘mother’), which was the name of a legendary saint.
- Dutch: from materne ‘prioress’, hence presumably a nickname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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