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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