Mar Family History
Mar Name Meaning
Spanish Portuguese Galician Asturian-Leonese and Catalan: topographic name for someone living by the sea from mar ‘sea’ (from Latin mare). German: nickname from Middle High German mar(w) ‘tender delicate’ or an altered form of Mahr a topographic name from mar ‘lake swamp stagnant water’. Hungarian (Már): from a short form of the personal name Márkus or Márk Hungarian forms of Marcus and Mark; or possibly from the personal name Márton Hungarian form of Martin . Scottish: variant of Marr . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 馬 see Ma Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from mar ‘healthy firm’. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022