from Old French mortier ‘mortar’, perhaps an
occupational name for an alchemist or spicer, or perhaps derived from
a house sign.habitational name from various places in France and
Belgium, called Mortiers, for example, in Aisne and Charente-Maritime
in France, or Mortier, for example, in the Belgian province of
Liège.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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