Mars Family History
Mars Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Marrs . French: habitational name from any of several places called Mars (Ardèche Ardennes Gard Loire Nièvre and Meurthe-et-Moselle) from the Latin personal name Marcius (the name of the proprietor of the villa) used adjectivally. The surname could also be derived directly from the personal name. Compare Demars French: from an old vernacular form of the personal name Médard (see Medard ). French: from mars the name of the month of March probably applied as a nickname for someone born or baptized in that month or for a foundling discovered in March or perhaps denoting seed sown in March and hence a metonymic occupational name for an arable grower. See also 5 below. West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian: from Mars the name of the Roman god of war applied as a nickname or ornamental name or from the personal name Mars of the same origin. The name may also be of the same French origin as the name in 4 above. Dutch (also Van der Mars or Van de Mars): topographic name for someone living by a mars denoting lush alluvial land by a watercourse. Compare Marsman and Meers .7: Slovenian (also Marš): unexplained. Compare Marsh
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
