Spanish: occupational or status name from Spanish merino,
the title of a royal or seigneurial functionary who had wide legal and
military jurisdiction over a district. The word is from Late Latin
maiorinus, a derivative of maior. Compare Mayer
and Mayoral.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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