Maris Family History
Maris Name Meaning
English: variant of Mares Flemish and Dutch: metronymic from the personal name Marie (see Maria ). Dutch (Van Maris): habitational name for someone from Maris in Dutch Limburg. Greek: from the personal name Maris a pet form of Marinos or an American shortened form of any of various patronymics derived from this or some other name beginning with Mar- or ending in -maris. Greek: metronymic from the personal name Maria . Compare Marris Romanian (Mariş): possibly a nickname from the Romanian adjective mare ‘big’ + the suffix –iş of Slavic origin (compare Mares ). Alternatively the root Mar- could be from some personal name (compare 4 and ).7: Slovak (Mariš and Máriš): from a derivative of the personal names Marek or Martin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022