(also Märtz): from a nickname or personal
name for someone who was born or baptized in the month of March,
Middle High German merz (see March 2), or who had some
other special connection with the month, such as owing a feudal
obligation then.(Märtz): from a short form of a
personal name such as Martin 1 or Mark 1.from a
Germanic personal name, Marizo (which became Mar(t)zo),
a pet form of compound names formed with mari ‘famous’ as the
first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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